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Originally Posted by mrdonkey
One really has to question our development program when kids like Sven come in riding all the promise in the world, and then hit a wall once they turn pro. It might explain why the Flames haven't been able to draft a top 6 quality player in 20 years. Just maybe.
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For what it's worth, that's exactly the problem identified by Craig Button (2 years ago, on the evening talk show on 77), in documenting how the Flames had mishandled Backlund's development - of course, before Backlund's time, Button would have been part of the problem...