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Originally Posted by ricardodw
You figure that Billins doesn't play at least a few NHL games this year?
He will be the #1 guy in Abbottsford and was the top (offensive) d-man on the Calder Cup winner.
He has similar (much better playoff) AHL creds as Derek Smith ( 76 games 56 pts 2010-11 in Binghamton as a 26 year old) who never played a game for the Heat.
Billins 24 years old 100 ahl games last year with Grand Rapids 51 pts.
Is the Flames defense going into 2013-14 that much better than it was going into 2011-12?
since then Flames added Russell , SOB, Wideman ... lost Sarich, Bouwmeester, Babchuck and Hannan.
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I have no idea what any of this has to with what I posted.
Billins is likely a career AHLer with the upside of being a tweener or extra defender.
Ferland and others still have the potential to be NHL regulars. I stand by what I said about the rest of the prospect group.
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