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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Sutter left the franchise with some big holes but that is far removed from the current problems 5 years after the fact. The inability of Feaster and co to develop anyone at the NHL level with our organization outside of Guadreau/Monohan (who was a no-brainer anyway) while signing some disastrous long term deals and executing poor trades in the process has left the team with massive holes in the depth department.
The problem is simply that too many picks in the last 5 years have the "long term" tag on them. This is why the team is forced to play Chaisson on the top line wing and sign aging players like Brouwer to expensive FA deals.
Treliving seems to be doing a fair bit better in that department so hopefully we start to see progress over the next year or two. Otherwise it could easily be argued that the Flames have one of the worst developmental records around.
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How do you figure? This just flat out shows you had way to high of expectations on how quickly draft picks should become NHL ready IMO. If anything, our top draft picks from the past 5 years have progressed quicker then we should have expected.