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Originally Posted by ricardodw
I don't see how there can be much of an argument that the Flames were very much more successful when they called up the kids:
In the Last 21 games... the post Stempniak era: The Flames went 12-9-0 a .591 winning %...
The prospect ladden roster would definitely have a chance to make a playoff run and not be a bottom 4 club.
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It's just not as simple as that. When players are playing their first few games in the NHL, or ares on a call-up, they are often functioning on a high level of adrenaline, and with a big chip on their shoulder with something to prove to the coach. The sample size is too small and the circumstances not stable or normalised enough to know how a "prospect laden roster" would perform over a full season. I am quite sceptical that it would have as positive an outcome as you have implied.