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Originally Posted by bucksmasher
It seems like when Calgary tries to tank, if that's what they're doing with the call ups, that it generally backfires. I always wonder if this means there are guys in the AHL that should be up here playing and getting a shot more often. Even if some of them are playing above their heads for a few games you'd think a few would stick and the team would be closer to or in a playoff spot.
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The Flames had the talent in the system to tank. Bollign Raymond, Stajan, Bouma and most importantly Hiller. If they wanted to get dead last they were positioned to do so. Hiller single handedly was to tanking as Gretzky was to hockey pools in the 80's.