I would be surprised if Poirier gets more than a cup of coffee, though who knows. He's hardly over ripe, and a few other players need to either move up or likely move on. I would guess they'll get first looks.
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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
You make some good points but other than Brodie and Backlund, we don't seem to be graduating many impact players. And I suppose another point is whether players grown in the Calgary system are playing elsewhere in the league. I can't think of many.
I guess at some point the proof is in the teams record. The Flames are not a good team with some big gaps in the roster. Generally speaking they have always been active players in the free agent and trade market, which speaks to me of a lack of home grown talent.
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There's a time component to drafting and development too. The current flames org looks to be pretty serious about it, but regimes past weren't. I think it'll be 3-5 more years before we know if the flames have it figured out.