If the Flames are going to never want to deal with young players who might be having some difficulty controlling themselves early on in their careers (and I'm not saying they won't) then the Flames are likely never going to be able to build from with in or through younger players which is what we want and what you need in the NHL to be successful.
I'm not saying all young players will stray a little, but I'd wager a lot will as they try to mature and you can't be giving up on them all the time cause most of them will come throughout it at some point and grow up and be effective.
People are looking at the Boston thing all wrong. That team is in a much different position to the Flames. One they are in win now mode, so if they feel Seguin is going to hurt the teams chances while they are in their window right now, they may have made a shorter term decision to oust him because they like their chances winning a cup over the next couple of years better with out him, fully knowing long term he'll be a great player. They have the depth and the short term focus to justify such a decision. If they were in the same position as say the Oilers, i doubt they make the same move.
Flames need to be looking to work and develop young players like that, and they don't have to worry about short term impacts on results. This overarching sentiment that if the genius management staff in Boston thought Seguin needed to be given up on then the Flames should want none of that is far to simplistic.
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