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Originally Posted by Pierre "Monster" McGuire
IMO, you can look at every single AHL team and see them littered with past CHL stars that haven't been able to transition to the pro game.
For example, I saw one just last week. Zack Phillips from the Saint John Sea Dogs. Many of you probably remember him. He put up 219 points in 192 CHL games. Since he's turned pro with the Houston Aeros, he's only put up 3 goals and 14 assists in 52 games.
The Heat are no different. The AHL tends to weed out those players who are prepared, ready, and skilled enough for the pro game and those who aren't.
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The Heat (and before that, Quad City) screw it up at an astounding level. Reinhart was one of the best skating, two-way centres in the WHL. He comes to the AHL and he's originally relegated to a nonsense 4th line role in favour of veterans like Kolanos and Walter.
The same can be said for the likes of Wahl, Horak, Nemisz. These players have not developed at all since transitioning to professional hockey, and for the most part have actually regressed. It's a serious issue that management needs to stop ignoring.
The Flames are ######ing player development at a level never before seen.