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Originally Posted by Vulcan
When St. John won the AHL title with a pretty young team only a few went on to have good NHL careers. Chris Clark, Steve Begin, Blair Betts, and Steve Montador were the best of the lot. Danny Sabourin got some time as a back up. Guys that looked good but never really made it are Marty Murray (too small), Rico Fata, Sergei Varlamov, Daniel Tkaczuk (concussions) and Mickey Dupont (too small).That's not to say Heat players will have better luck or not. That's the fun of following prospects, we never know what will happen.
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Once you hit 23-24 you aren't really a prospect anymore. When you look at that Saint John team - they really had Fata, Varlamov, Tkchuck who were prospects and producing. If you're 24 and in the AHL... you're likely no going to be more than a depth guy in an organization. Guys like Ben Street, Billins and Blair Jones fit that profile on the Heat now. The guys like Ferland, Granlund, Hanowski and Knight are the ones who could end up being full time NHLers.