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Originally Posted by MarkGio
And if they play better and don't make the team?
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THEN you can start criticizing the move. Right now, when NONE of the prospects have shown that they belong in the NHL? It's silly.
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Originally Posted by ricardodw
To me this signing makes it official. The Flames management is going for the the tank job 2015.
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ONE guy who is TWENTY SEVEN who has shown potential playing on a wing that looks like this:
David Jones
Brian McGrattan
is not a tank job. Setoguchi fills a void on this team, leaving it completely blank and crossing our fingers that one of our prospects full that void in training camp would be much more of a tank job.
Bringing back Anders Eriksson would be a tank job.
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Originally Posted by ricardodw
The locker room will always be happy with veterans on the pine.
They moved O'Brien out of the locker room ... without any real replacement when he didn't fit
If Knight or Rienhart or Grandlund force their way on the team does Stajan get the pine as well.
He is a poor excuse for a 3rd line checking centre.
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Riding the pine wasn't the reason O'Brien was considered a poor asset in the locker room. He was just... a poor asset in the locker room.
If a veteran legitimately loses his spot to a prospect, and then wants to whine about it instead of stepping up the competition and fighting to get that spot back (read: entertaining for us to watch); then he can sail away on waivers, I don't want him on the Flames anyway.
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Originally Posted by MarkGio
Ok fine.
Then what? More Tim Erixons - players who won't sign and demand to traded? Have an organization with a reputation that no rookie stands a chance?
Hockey is about players. I'm not sure how well versed you are in human resources, but an organization has to adjust to the labour market. Similiar to the relationship between specialists and hospitals, hockey clubs are not competitive without talent. Hockey is leaning towards ELC contracts and bridge contracts, which allows a club to be deep under the cap. With a changing labour climate in hockey, good organizations have to obtain and retain good young talent.
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Again, we are talking about Setoguchi here right? A reclamation project? If he plays the way he can, sure... it'll be hard for a kid to oust him. Just so we're clear, that's GREAT for us Flames fans. You know... players playing well and all.
But let's say Seto plays the way he has of late. If any of Gaudreau or Poirier or Baertschi or Klimchuk play well enough they will take a spot on the team. An under-performing Setoguchi is not going to stop that. If Seto is taking top minutes and all four of those above aren't given a shot, THEN we can start getting worried.