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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
Wow...you just pulled all of that right out of your ass, didn't you?
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Huh? Do I really need to back up every claim? Okay fine:
- The Penguins gave Daniel Sprong a 40 game audition when he wasn't ready
- The Penguins admit that they rushed Beau Bennett to the NHL and should have let him simmer in the AHL
I don't think it's an unrealistic dissertation that Maatta made the NHL quicker than you can automatically assume he does in Calgary, who have four first round FORWARDS from Maatta's age still looking to hit the 25 game mark, never mind defensemen.
- It's a fact that Maatta has played a lot with Crosby, Malkin, Letang, and Niskanen.
- The Flames did do an about-face on Sven. He was sent down right after Feaster was fired.
- And yeah, there's no telling. Unless you have quantum access to an alternate reality.
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Originally Posted by Cali Panthers Fan
If Maatta was good enough to make a team like the Penguins, I'm sure he would have found his way onto a roster that had Shane Frickin' O'Brien on it.
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Funny, that. The day the Flames finally waived Shane O'Brien, Olli Maatta
already had 51 games of NHL experience. Again, you can't make any assumptions. Different management, different coach, different teammates.