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Originally Posted by Iniggywetrust
This type of thinking drives me nuts. And this isn't just directed at you Csinmyblood.
Good teams don't hand top spots to rookies. Or hope that one of their young guys can be good in that role. Good team have established forwards in those roles and hope that a young player can push them out of a spot. Depth is created that way as well. If you had a guy in a top 6 role who is transplanted by a better younger player, it means you have a guy who can step up and play top 6 if someone gets hurt.
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The type of thinking that a prospect cannot take a top role on a team drives me nuts.
If any of our rooks have a great camp and exhibition season then they aren't "handed a top spot", they will deserve that ice-time. I'm saying who cares if Cammy leaves. Jarome left, Jokinen left, Bouwmeester left. Guys stepped up and took their spots. This is rebuild time. This is where you find out who can step in now and who needs more time in the AHL.
We have many established players that are going to be on this team. Look around the league, many teams give rookies the ice-time to show what they have.
I'm not saying if a guy isn't ready to give him a spot just cause, I'm saying if a guy shows he can make the team, have room for him to make the team. Cammalleri is not going to be a guy who is on this team when we finally are Cup contenders, so who cares if he isn't here next season. What will happen, we wont make the playoffs next year without him? Not happening with him here either.
Out of all the prospects we have, I'm confident one or two of them will show they are ready to make the step into the NHL next season. If not then the next season for sure. You think Cammalleri is going to sign a one year deal? He will want 4-5 years no doubt about it. Are you trying to say you don't think some of our young guys will be ready in 2 years time?