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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
The whole world also sees what a lot of people here are in denial about, and that is that our prospect pool quality is very low - perhaps the lowest in the league. A lot of these young players that people want to see getting chances, wouldn't even be given a 2nd look on most teams. It's arguable that Backlund would still be in the AHL on a lot of teams.
For the past few years, pretty much every hockey news source has ranked our prospects near the bottom of the league, so it should be no shock that we don't have many making the line-up.
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Further to that I am finding it difficult that we actually get excited about career 3rd Liners 4th Liners just cracking the line up. Or a 6/7 defensemen. Maybe I'm alone in my thinking but I am kind of hoping for jeeze this kid has the chance to replace Iggy or Kipper. With that I know it's going to take a bit of time but I'm excited to see if Irving or Ortio can become a top 5 goalie in the NHL.