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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
How so? One of the few Flames draft picks to even make the squad has a crippling deficiency in his game mid-season, how is it not the job of the Flames organization to help identify and correct that? Why should that be left to the job of whoever the player contracts as a third party?
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It's not just the job of the team. Training and coaching is more about perception and understanding than anything. I wouldn't say his issue was crippling, but it was difficult to the point where he needed a different take to improve.
I think you're going on the line of "hiring a third party means the Flames aren't capable", but that really isn't the case with third party support. Again, look at Patrick Kane. Nobody questions Chicago's development structure, but he uses third party support.
Players are in charge of their own development as much as their team is.
I mean hell, Sidney Crosby's trainer doesn't work for the Penguins, he runs a program in Calgary. This isn't a strange occurrence at all. It's commonplace amongst NHL players regardless of what team they play for.