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Originally Posted by Fischy13
I wonder if its more our development failing than our drafting team picking poorly. You can't miss that many times can you? Seems the Flames try and turn every pick into a 3rd or 4th line defensive player. Isnt a sutter still head of development? I wonder how much of that is on them instead of the scouts.
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I think you ask a fair question. I don't know to what extent the pendulum swings one way or the other, but I think that you are correct to raise this issue.
I recall the tenure of Brian Sutter, when it just seemed like the organization's purpose was to create 22 Sutter-like players. There has to be some balance between trying to turn players into what you
need and allowing players' individual abilities to help the team. Not everyone needs to be a "solid, two-way player"...sometimes, it's okay to let skill players be skill players.