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Originally Posted by Mean Mr. Mustard
There is one thing for playing in the AHL there is another thing for not giving players a chance - I think it is likely that Erixson acted in bad faith and had no intention to sign with the Flames but the Flames didn't do themselves any favours and give him reasons to sign with the Flames. I think that the way they have handled young players for years now - where the chances to crack the lineup have existed but the Flames just kept bringing in old, slow veteran players instead.
And if you want to know the big difference between the Flames and the Canucks, it is the fact that the Flames evidently had players who were NHL ready in the minor leagues waiting to get a shot - I can't think of any players from the Moose who are playing a regular shift on other teams but the the Heat/Quad City/Omaha, there is Commadore, Montador, Wilson, Aulie.
The issue was a system issue though, look at Taratukhin, good young player, came over for a year which indicated he was looking at playing in the NHL at the very least, isn't given a sniff and goes back to Russia. While he may not have been a great player or anything the potential was there and the Flames didn't take advantage of it.
Sorry but if history repeats itself Erixson had a strong possibility of heading to Abbotsford. I remember people being excited about Ramholt as well and I still think that the Flames handled him very poorly and killed any career he may have had.
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Why must you bring up Ramholt???? We could have taken Weber instead
If you agree with me that Erixon is a whiny b*itch then i'll agree with you that the Flames in the PAST have brought in vets to push the kids
But, I still think both the Flames and Canucks have done the same thing. I think the Canucks have lucked out in drafting winners like Kesler, Burrows and Bieksa (shoot me now please
) whereas the Flames have drafted losers like Phaneuf, Pelech and Chucko.
And up until two years before Darryl lost his marbles, both teams were fairly even. If Darryl got even a half decent return on Phaneuf and Jokinen (Ranger deal) instead of albatrossing this team with stajan, Hagman and Kotalik, things might be very different. I don't blame Darryl for going after Bouwmeester, because EVERYONE including Gillis were after him.