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Originally Posted by MattyC
The Flames are not sorely lacking in offense. If Monahan is struggling we have Cammy, Hudler, Stempniak, Jones, Glencross, Stajan, all guys who have and can put up decent points. Hudler and Stempniak are off to good starts, Cammy and Jones have both missed the majority of the opening part of the season but have looked good in their limited time. Stajan was arguably the teams best player last year. Glencross is inconsistent, but he will get his points. The Oilers youngsters were supplimented with even more youngsters not realizing that developing a two-way game (required of most if not all forwards) generally takes more time to shore up, but none of them have been given that chance because they kept getting driven into the ground and driven past by NHL calibre players. Monahan already has the two-way game.
And to the second point, plenty of examples I would think, two off the top of my head are Getzlaf (got a lot of flack for his lack of effort in his last year of junior), and Colten Teubert who I got to see completely turn it off post-draft first hand as I knew someone on the Pats at the time. In fact I remember saying to the player I know that if Teubert thought his NHL team wasn't keeping a close eye on that he was out of his mind and he won't be in the NHL if that's the way he's going to push. And low and behold, has the guy played a single NHL game?
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I can't help but think people are being a tad optimistic about this year. But that comes down to opinion.
Good examples, though Getzlaf turned out pretty good. Did Teubert have a past of slacking off before he was drafted?