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Originally Posted by Rerun
His offence certainly couldn't get much worse (1 goal in 18 games). However, he might be running out of chances to impress Feaster/Burke/Hartley.
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A guy that turned 21 a month ago, has played less then 50 NHL games probably isn't running out of chances. You're really just embarrassing yourself suggesting that. 50 NHL games is nothing, guys get more then that to prove themselves. There are 7 guys in the 2011 draft who have put up more points then Sven, I guess everyone besides those 7 should be cut loose by their respective clubs. He'll run out of chances in two years, maybe.
No wonder this team was so hesitant to go into rebuild mode, a lot of Flames fans have forgotten what it's like to draft and develop players. This team is trying to be a club that drafts players and take their time with them, turn them into NHL guys, that doesn't happen overnight, that doesn't happen in one season. It's really ridiculous to see guys like Rerun go running to a thread to bash a young player as soon as it's possible. It's going to be a long season in a year or two when Sean Monahan has a predictable struggle and only puts up a handful of goals in 82 games. I can already see the thread title "What happened to Monahan, is he done?" With posters like this running to say we should jettison him now, as soon as possible. Unless you draft in the top couple of spot, and sometimes even when you do, you have to turn these kids into NHL guys. That takes several seasons, that takes hundreds of pro games in the AHL and the NHL.
I shudder to think what's going to happen to Gaudreau and Emile Poirier when they have their struggles in the coming seasons.