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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
Yeah, it's just one of those things. I'm not trying to assign blame or anything, some of his comments just struck me as slightly bitter, but I might be reading too much into it. Sometimes it's up to the players to help fix that numbers game by playing so good that you force the GM's hand. No one really did that in Stockton this year, and it's no ones fault, it just is what it is. I think you're right about the RFAs though, BT is basically doing a soft reset to open up spots for guys.
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The thing with Stockton in particular - is our defense actually played really well - the five of Sieloff, Kylington, Kulak, Wotherspoon, and Nakladal all deserved playing time - It was arguably the best puck moving defense in the division after Texas. But there were more than six able bodies and you always had a guy like Stevenson in the lineup to punch face or a Yonkman/Johnson to "lead".
2015
Potter (AHL/Pressbox)
Wotherspoon
Ramage
Culkin
Cundari
Acolatse
Sieloff
Kulak
Yonkman (AHL)
Stevenson (AHL)
2016
Kulak
Nakladal
Wotherspoon
Sieloff
Kylington
Morrison
Culkin
Johnson (AHL)
Stevenson (AHL)