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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Oh, and another important one...
5) lack of AHL veterans. If you look at Utica for example, they are laden with career AHLers. Toronto under Eakins or Texas or Grand Rapids - they all have/had tons of AHL vets that can dominate the 20 year olds.
The Flames were seriously devoid of these types of players. And I have absolutely no problem with that. The Flames have tons of young prospects that need ice-time. I would rather them lose with a bunch of prospects, then win with a bunch of career AHLers.
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I somewhat disagree with this. I think there needs to be a good balance of AHL vets and prospects. Playing for a winning team (as long as they are being used and aren't buried behind the vets) can be incredibly good for prospects.