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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Taken with the Versteeg signing, this has the whiff of the Sutter years, when the depth positions were all stuffed with marginal veterans. At some point our development system is going to have to start providing 2-3 roster players a season to fill out the lineup.
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I think that's fair, but look at when these signings occurred versus the Sutter era. Maybe it's simply because the JG situation didn't allow for pre-planning, but to me at least the developing players were given a chance at camp to earn those roles before the vets were brought in to sure things up.
Agreed, ideally we need to start filling the gaps with the young bucks, but I also don't think any org. will every get away from needing to fill some gaps with journey men vets. At least our core is super young right now, which is most important.