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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Maatta went to a team that gave him a chance almost right away, a team that makes no pretense about overcooking prospects and development. He was also given a shot with Letang, among other factors (playing with Malkin, Crosby, Niskanen as three of his most common ice time mates for instance).
Don't just assume the exact same career happens to him here. He's a good player, but this is a different team, different management, and different coaching staff that doesn't necessarily subscribe to the same philosophy as management there, and there's nothing wrong with that. Especially with how they botched the Sven situation and did an about-face on their approach.
I feel the same way about Dougie, too. There's no telling how many career NHL games he would be at right now if he were our 2011 first rounder. You can guess but that's still all it is. The biggest selling point to Hartley on the trade was Dougie's NHL experience. It's a chicken-and-egg scenario, would Maatta be who he is today if we drafted him? Would Jankowski still have signed a year ago if Detroit drafted him? Who knows.
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What the hell are you babaling about? Under this new management there are more examples of player development going right than wrong, but you are going to cherry pick the one example that didn't work how we'd hope and gang your hat on that? Not to mention, that example hasn't exactly proven out against the Flames handling at this point either.