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Originally Posted by Street Pharmacist
I think that's his point. There was no youth to develop though so it's a bad comparison.
The playoffs would be a valuable learning experience for Monahan, Gaudreau, Jooris, Brodie, etc plus any call ups. There were no comparables in 04 really. Phaneuf I guess?
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Jooris and Brodie are both 24, Gaudreau is 21
Kobasew (22) 601 games played
Nystrom (21) 539 games played
Saprykin (23) 325 games played
Phaneuf (19) 728 games played
Prust (20) 425 games played
Leopold (24) 675 games played
Lombardi (22) 536 games played
Regehr (24) 1064 games played
Ference (25) 886 games played
Montador (25) 571 games played
Commodore (25) 484 games played
Players that were Flames property in '04.
Bolded is the Flames that actually played in '04 during the cup run, who I would describe as the Flames youth at the time (age in '04 in brackets). Keep in mind that before the rule changes, players peaked at a later age than today.
Every player on this list turned into above average NHLers for games played (average is roughly 100 games played).
The '04 youth gets severely underrated.
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