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Originally Posted by Dienasty
I want both.
By developing elite players you have a better team... They go one in the same.
Stillman won 2 cups, Iggy one Stanley cup finals, and Savard went to multiple playoffs with the Bruins, but due to concussion issues didn't get to win with them. Other then Bure these players found success by being good hockey players.
My question to you is, do you think the Flames are going to win a lot this year?
I don't so I would rather see the team give meaningful minutes, rather then giving drifters (Stajan, Stemp, Hudler) ice time.
Not to mention I don't think Glencross deserves the ice time he gets, he doesn't hit anymore, and he takes numerous dumb penalties. I liked him more when he scored 10-15 as a fiesty third liner that would back check and hit. Not the guy who turned down team Canada (world championship) when he wanted his contract and didn't want to get injured.
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You can't give players meaningful minutes if they aren't earning them. End of story. If Sven can't outplay Hudler he shouldn't be ahead of him on the depth chart. The Flames are rebuilding here and part of that is to build a solid team nucleus of young players. You can't have a solid nucleus when players are allowed to freelance and not commit to a team game. There's nothing wrong with what the Flames did after the deadline last year giving the kids lots of ice time but you don't start game 1 of an 82 game NHL season running your team like that.