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Originally Posted by FlamesFan68
Puleezzzzzz. The Flames are famous for not developing players correctly since the 80's. Fleury tore a new hole in the AHL.
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OK, you just lost all credibility, if you had any. Fleury played a grand total of 42 regular-season games in the AHL. He did not make the team out of training camp in 1988; no surprise there, as he was a kid fresh out of junior and had a grand total of 10 games of minor pro experience, and the Flames were the best and deepest team in the NHL at the time. The next time Fleury was called up, it was for good, and he went on to have a spectacular NHL career. Yeah, they sure bungled his development, didn't they?
Then you turn around and criticize the Flames for not sending Bennett back to junior – despite the fact that they
did. Since you have evidently forgotten, I remind you that he spent most of 2014-15 on the IR list, and when healthy, was sent back to Kingston to finish the Frontenacs' season. His performance there pretty much showed that he had outgrown the competition in junior, and he made the team out of training camp the following year.
But hey, whatever floats your boat. Your standards are so loose, and so self-contradictory, that you could accuse every team of blowing every player's development; but by all means, confine your venom to the Flames, against whom you obviously have a particular vendetta. Go nuts. Enjoy yourself. Just don't expect the rest of us to buy it.