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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
And now we see the first side benefit of starting the rebuild. In the space of two years we went from a team where agents/prospects thought they wouldn't get a chance with and thus demanded a trade away from (Erixon) to a team that obviously gives their prospects a chance (see Hanowski, Reinhart, Cundari, Bancks, etc) and thus can now attract good young players who are stuck in organizations with great depth.
Feaster and Weisbrod really fixed our reputation in terms of giving prospects a legitimate chance.
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Yes sir. I was just talking about this earlier today. One of the key positives that the organization has going for it now, and which it had wisely not lose sight of, is the fertile environment that's been created for young players to have an opportunity. If there's something to take from a torturous safari through the NHL's basement, it's that things like this Knight signing may finally start to swing in our favour every now and then.
It makes me wonder what would've happened with Trent Erixon, had he been coming up now instead of a couple years ago. It's clear that he and his parents wanted New York, but it would've been harder to sell the whole "we feel Trent won't have an opportunity to play here" angle within the Flames' current environment.