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Originally Posted by Moneyhands23
There are lots of teams short on D that would give him a legitimate shot.
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I guess that depends entirely upon what you mean by a "legitimate shot" and raises the question as to whether Nakladal has received one with the Flames. Honestly, we don't really know one way or the other. We can guess, infer, intuit, and project, but without all the information about what takes place in practice, on the bench, or how the players are evaluated on the ice by the coaching staff, it still all remains anyone's guess.
I'm more inclined to think that most NHL coaches are pretty similar in their makeup and mindset, and that the "baffling" decisions that Hartley makes with the roster are not altogether different than how the same players would be handled in other NHL markets. In other words, I'm not convinced Nakladal gets much more opportunity elsewhere than he does here.