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Originally Posted by dino7c
Honestly nobody cares about the AHL record...its about how a few guys are playing
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I disagree with this. Playoff experience is good for young guys on the farm. And does a team like the Flames who's currently struggling to make the playoffs want guys coming up who can't do it either?
Look at the 2012-13 Grand Rapids roster. Lots of good young talent that made the jump to the NHL shortly after winning the Calder Cup. The 2011-12 Norfolk roster filled the Lightning with players after they won theirs. In fact, almost every Calder Cup winning roster yields an NHLer out of it. Usually a good one.