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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
There is a slight chance that our prospects just aren't very good. Maybe they're not lighting it up because they just aren't that great offensively?
I'm just going off of small sample sizes of what I've seen when guys have been called up. But Shinkaruk has been 'meh', Poirier hasn't shown much of anything offensively. And I'm not talking about the points they put up, I'm just going with my eyeball test.
Haven't seen enough of Janko yet to comment. Do we have any elite offensive prospects down there? Maybe we shouldn't be surprised that a bunch of 3rd/4th line prospects aren't lighting the world on fire.
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I think that is a possibility, none of them are future first line talents, but I think part of it is also that the veteran support system just isn't that great or deep. We're running with 2 rookies in net, of the 6 regulars on the blueline 2 are rookies (one is only in the AHL due to his late birthday) and 2 are sophomores (one is 19) and up front of the 14 regulars we have 4 rookies, 3 more sophomores and even Shinkaruk & Poirier would be sophomores if they weren't late birthdays. This team is EXTREMELY young even by AHL standards.