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Originally Posted by Cali Flames Fan
What does this have to do with anything???
I've seen plenty of players slowly improve after their 24th birthday (Paul Byron for a recent example), and you have to remember that last year was Jooris' first year playing pro hockey after a college career. If we have patience for other similar college graduates in their first couple of pro years (Gaudreau, Arnold, Agostino, Hanowski, Knight, Ramage), then how are we supposed to assume that Jooris is washed up after this year? You have the strangest ideas about prospects…or just hockey in general…that I have ever heard.
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And you have trouble understanding that having a non-goon forward that is willing to fight is not a significant attribute. Forwards on the 2013-14 Flames who play hard enough to actually engage in a non-staged fight when Glencross was hurt: 1 Bouma. Cripes Stempniak stepped up to take a couple of severe beatings when he saw no one else would.
In direct answer to your question:
1) Byron made it to the NHL the same year as Jooris is now. If Byron didn't get a chance this last year as a 24 year old there would be a 90% chance that he had topped out as an AHL player. Right now he is in the AHL/NHL tweener category.... someone who would likely clear waivers.
2) Jooris is a year or 2 or 3 older than these other prospects.
3) There will much less chance for Jooris ( and the forwards on your list) next year with Bennett, Poirier, Klimchuck, and maybe the Flames #1 pick 2015 all in the age range where they should be NHL ready.