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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. Toronto sent Mitch Marner back to junior and in my opinion was the lynchpin on the line with Tkachuck. They did this not because they desperately needed scoring now but because they wanted to develop the player correctly. He's now an early rookie of the year candidate.
Where is Bennett? Mired in inconsistency and bad penalties.
Could Backlund have used a few years in the AHL, of course. Not all players are here for scoring, Backlund was initially, but he developed more defensively then came around offensively when he became comfortable.
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Nothing makes me laugh more then when fans talk about on ice factors for organizations over the course of decades like it's relevant.
Regardless of whether your stance on what happened in the 80's is correct, how is it relevant? Nobody involved in making any of the decisions for this club right now, were around, or involved with the team back in the 80's. It's completely irrelevant. What would be relevant is if you had decades worth of data or examples of decisions Treliving, Burke, Conroy, or our current coaching staff have done in regards to player development.
What this club did under Feaster is no longer relevant, how can what did or didn't happen during the Fletcher era possibly be.