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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Because you risk letting guys go by not qualifying them or to waivers. Guy that can legitimately help the team.
Assuming our top 6 wingers (Bouma/Gaudreau/Hudler/JOnes) stay pat, and Stajan stays pace and Bennett/Backlund/Monahan/Stajan is our center situation, that means we've got 4 spots avaialable and another 2 bodies for the press box.
Let's assume we send down Granlund and Poirier because we can, and likewise Bill Arnold stays down because we can.
We have to choose six of the following:
Raymond
Bollig
Byron
Colborne
Ferland
Jooris
Shore
Wolf
Long term, two have to be let go or be put on waivers. You can talk all you want about Wolf being unproven or Byron being small but at the end of the day I'm not convinced they've shown less than Raymond has, or even Bollig despite his recent stretch of games thanks in strong part to the effectiveness of Stajan and the Schlemko/Diaz pairings.
Is keeping these guys around the prudent move based on their potential to contribute? To me it seems like one dictated by contract situation - Hartley doesn't want to keep pushing buttons with veteran guys who are locked up for two years and knows he can get away with sitting rookies, but that doesn't mean Hartley has no confidence in the younger options.
You can let Wolf or Byron go, but they're both more versatile players that can seriously contribute. I don't think either has been a dud for us. Or do you give up on Colborne and Shore? Ferland and Jooris?
Because it might cost the team wins.
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Who is at risk of not being qualified? Who cares if we lose a veteran player on waivers, and who's a waiver risk next season?
How does it cost them wins if the young players aren't better yet?
Look at Raymond's stats for the past 3 years, then tell me again he hasn't proven more. He's proven a lot more.
All your arguments are Red Herrings. They aren't real, they aren't actual concerns at this point, and when they become them, then the Flames simply have to the right thing in that moment, they don't need to make room in advance, this is literally something they can deal with in real time.
None of your arguments are real, they are simply fake fears from a fan who wants to fill his starting line up card with young players. The Flames currently are not at risk of not being able to qualify young players or lose them to waiver wires. Worry about that #### when it's actually a worry, not way in advance of it. What you are suggesting is the equivalent of planning around winning the lottery. All this concern around oh no, we have too many players, blah blah. Unless it stops us from signing someone we want to sign cause we don't have enough pro-contract space, it's not a real thing.