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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
I am not just basing this on stats, I am basing it on watching the players play at both the AHL & NHL levels. Of the 7 you mentioned, Huska can maybe get credit for 3 of them and I'm not sold he has done anything to deserve any credit for that.
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Disagree with some of that. Part of his job is taking mostly developed players and getting them to seamlessly fit into the Calgary Flames system when they are called up. So in that he does get credit for how well Nakladal and Hamilton and such were able to step right in and contribute. Sure Nakladal is old but he was learning the North American game on NA sized rinks for the first time so there is a learning, adaptation and developing that go into that. As well there are cultural issues, language issues, etc that the coach can help with when Euros first come over. Giving him zero credit for the more veteran players doesn't seem like a fair analysis to me.