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Originally Posted by Rerun
The original statement was that a rookie has a snowballs chance in hell of beating out a veteran for a place on the team.
My response to you was which Flames vets did Gaudreau, Monahan, Baertschi, Bouma, Brodie, and Backlund take jobs from?
Nobody.
If you are a rookie, and you're good enough, and there is an opening on the team, you have a pretty good chance of making the team. ... otherwise forget it.... you will be sent to the AHL until there is an opening either through injury or a vets contract has expired. Sending the vet to the AHL, instead of you, just ain't gonna happen...
Now normally I would probably agree with this because the team usually has a lot invested in a vet to just take the chance in losing him on waivers... but what has the team invested in Setoguchi? Nothing.
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Players from last season that are gone:
Cammalleri
Stempniak
Westgarth
Galiardi
Tanguay
Sarich
replaced by: Bollig, Jones and Setoguchi (O'Brien in and out)
They have been replaced by Monahan, Bouma, Byron, and Gaudreau
And not only that, but the team has lowered the bar, as now the kids only have to pass Jones and Setoguchi.
And the following players could be gone by next year:
Setoguchi, Glencross, Jones, McGrattan, Byron