I agree that we haven't done a good job of letting our AHL guys sink or swim at the NHL level.
I look at the transition the Blackhawks took from 07-08 to 08-09 seasons.
In the 07-08 season the Hawks still had some good veterans like Robert Lang, Jason Williams, Yanic Perrault, Lapointe, etc.
Moving into the 08-09 season they moved out those vets and opened up their roster for a lot of young players, guys like Versteeg, Brouwer, Bolland, Fraser, & Hjalmarsson.
Those guys ran with the opportunity and then were a big part of that team becoming a force.
Flames are kind of at that same turning point now. They need to make sure we keep a couple of they key veterans, but it's time to get rid of the deadweight in the bottom 6 and the bottom pairing.
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