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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Sometimes I have to wonder why this team even has a farm team. Either the drafting isn't good enough, the development not good enough, or management is adverse to letting young players find their way in the NHL. The only real impact players playing on the roster are the first round guys and an outlier in Gaudreau. We have seen guys like Gaudreau, Monahan, Bennett, Tkachuk go straight to the NHL but when's the last time they graduated a guy from the AHL on to the roster permanently? Ferland, Bouma, Hathaway maybe but they aren't impact players so I would have to say Brodie is the last impact player that came through their farm system? Simply not good enough.
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Our farm team up until a couple years ago was horrid. It takes time to fill the cupboards. I know Feaster gets a lot of credit for supposedly filling the cupboards, but i don't think he did as good as a job as some think. The Iggy and Bouw trades are looking like they brought us nothing. Poirier is young still but i'm not holding my breath. The only one I see out of that factoring in the NHL is Klimchuck , and i still think he is a year or 2 away.