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Originally Posted by kehatch
This is such a generic comment. If the true story is that there was more than one prospect deserving of a spot but only one spot to give on a bottom 5 rebuilding team then that is a problem.
Using a variation of the Flames own opening night line up they could have easily went:
Gaudreau-Colborne-Byron
Baertschi-Backlund-Raymond
Glencross-Monahan-Hudler
Bollig-Stajan-Bouma
X-McGrattan-Jones
Beyond that the Flames had the entire off season to address the probability that they would have more then one LW prospect make this team.
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Again, there's way too much focus on the opening roster.
Treliving stated yesterday on the Fan (and I'm paraphrasing) that "training camp and preseason is different for the vets than it is for the young guys".
After listening to Treliving and Hartley's interviews the past couple days, noting that Jones and Setoguchi were the extra forwards, acknowledging that we have a GM that believes and has stated numerous times that a prospect cannot be damaged by an extra day, week, month or couple months in the AHL and a little common sense, I am convinced that the Jones, Setoguchis and Widemans of the Flames are on notice and it's only a matter of time for Granlund, Ferland, Baertschi, Wotherspoon, et al.
The stupid focus on "never given, always earned" as ONLY being inclusive of camp and preseason has resulted in people panicking that the roster is set, evaluations are over and anyone over the age of 25 (some would prefer that number to be 20) can settle in for a comfort-filled season of job security. It's just not true. Let's enjoy Johnny Gaudreau's start to his first season and wait until the Flames have 20-30 games in.