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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Going by the St. John Flames history Grant and Agostino may be the players that make it.
St. John did graduate Steve Begin, Blair Betts, Chris Clark, and Steve Montador so maybe it isn't the big names we should be looking at.
http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/l...002602001.html |
I wouldn't use that team as a model to for anything, let alone projecting future Flames. The Flames development system was in a mess back then. I would think the Flames are more likely to following the Red Wings or the Coyotes model, given the comments and connections in the system. The Coyotes still managed to promote players like Boedker, Ekman-Larsson, Stone, Rieder, etc. The Flames system has come a long way, and with the management philosophy of "over cooking" the prospects, we can likely expect to see some of our prospects take a little more time than the fans desire, and experience some more statistical ups and downs as they work on the weaknesses their coaches identify.