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Originally Posted by DOOM
Where's your proof on the managements position back then?
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Fleury alludes to it in his book. I think Cliff Fletcher (the real one) told him as much after he was drafted. It was MacNeil who really pushed for the Flames to pick him with their last pick that year, and his way of convincing Fletch was using the argument that Theo would at the very least be a star on the farm.
Also, very good point that it was a totally different era then; IIRC Theo was in Salt Lake City of the IHL for his first pro season (until he was called up to the Flames and won the cup in the same season). Don't think the AHL was nearly as big a farm system for the NHL until the '90s.