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Originally Posted by Poe969
they guy leans on his vets big time. He'll play high ranked rookies with star vets. In col it didn't matter who he played, they were all amazing. He played Heatly and Kovalchuck a lot because they were #1 picks and Kozlov was really the only other "star" of the team.
The Flames are in a full blown rebuild, get a young inovative coach to build a system while the team is being built.
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The Flames have started their rebuild, yes. The truth of the matter is, Flames don't have very many NHL ready prospects yet. We aren't in the same situation as some other rebuilding teams that have a decent numbers of guys who the clear path is play in the NHL and get the experience. We have a lot of midtear guys who likely could benefit from developing at at different level before they are thrown to the wolves.
This idea that you play any rookie you have at all cost because we are in a rebuild is not a good one IMO. You play the ones that are ready and can likely handle it, and I believe the Flames are doing this. It doesn't do the ready prospects like Sven and Monahan any good to be surrounded by a team full of non NHL caliber players simply because we are in a rebuild.
The Flames have a few more years of sucking (or creative trading, like they tried with Colborne) until they can pump the NHL roster full of young blood, I don't think it really has anything to do with not having the right coach.