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Originally Posted by moon
That's not true at all. I think that Baertschi and Monahan are the only two guys with a better than 50% chance of being top 6/top 4 guys but see other guys that will make the NHL just in limited roles. I would think that in terms of guys having 5+ year NHL careers (i.e not spot duty sub 40 game seasons) I expect that guys like Reinhart, Wotherspoon, Horak, Bouma will all easily do that in a bottom 6/bottom pairing role.
I think that Gaudreau, Klimchuk, Poirier all have the talent to possibly make it in a top 6 role just think that the chances aren't better than 50% or likely at this point that they reach that level.
I don't think I am very pessimistic I just look at traditionally what most prospects around the league turn into and factor in the fact that the Flames have some of the dumbest/worst hockey people working for them and it seems unlikely that the Flames are going not only do great but way, way better than most or any team has in the past 15 years.
I think Knight is going to play all year whether he deserves it or not I just don;t have much belief that he will be a legit 3rd liner and certainly a quality 2nd liner seems a big step up for him. The use of lock seems very strong for him.
I like Klimchuk a lot but he was picked 28th for a reason and still has a lot of questions before saying he will likely be an NHLer.
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How do you compare the Flames' prospects with those others around the NHL? Most experts view the Flames as having a top 10 prospect pool in the league right now apparently.
Also, I really don't like Feaster much, and he has made a few blunders last season. However, to his credit, he has pretty much allowed more knowledgeable people to handle the draft and development programs. What is it about Button and the scouts you don't like? You don't think there is a marked improvement in their ability by now? How about Weisbrod? Just curious as to how you see them. I USED to really hate Button. However, it was either a lack of experience in his earlier years, or a lack of support (the scouting department was tiny for a number of years). I really like him now, and would hate to see him replaced at this point. Flames also seem to be adding to it even now. Just an honest question - I just no longer see drafting and development being an issue at all (in fact, probably the only strength in the organization for me), and I just wonder how someone can really be down on it. Just history carried from the 90's through to at least 2005 (I notice an ever slight improvement from around 2008 or so and on, marked improvement starting in 2010).