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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
EE was saying that Ward should be canned for not giving ice time to our top prospects, and for stifling them or ruining their confidence.
I brought those guys up because they were getting plenty of ice time under Ward early in the AHL season, and were all in the top 5 offensively for the team.
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Brodie and Horak are poor examples as they have both played in the NHL which means they should be getting lots of ice time on the Heat. The problem is that the players the Flames have drafted and invested in are taking a backseat to career AHLers. Street and Kolanos were seasoned AHL players before Ward got his hands on them and it seems the Heat has become a haven for other teams cast off prospects to get first line ice time and occasional call up. Great for them. Bad for actual Flames prospects. Now I have never been a huge fan of Nemisz but I remember the days of him being talked about as a 2nd line player. I always felt he would never be that good but possibly become a useful depth player. Under Ward it looks like his career is over much like how he almost sabotaged Irving's career.