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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
And it's not normal. Maybe this attitude was normal a decade ago, but the average team has much more faith in its young players off the farm. Look at Chiarelli (BOS/EDM), or Bowman (CHI), or Rutherford (PIT), or Yzerman (TBL) and it's pretty clear we are behind the curve. Does anyone buy, for half a moment that Matt Benning would have an NHL game played if the Flames signed him? Well he's having an excellent rookie season on a team ahead of us in the standings.
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Josh Jooris says hello. He was a college free agent that signed and played his way on the team. He didn't last long and was waived by the team that signed him this summer. He played well and got his chance.
The Flames have Gaudreau, Monahan, Bennett, Tkachuk, Hamilton under 24 on the team and 4 of them were drafted by the team. They have Backlund, Ferland, Bouma, Brodie as players under 28 they have drafted and developed.
Who plays on the team is more on the coach than the GM. Treliving is not stopping Gulutzan from bringing up Poirer up and playing him? Treliving is not scratching Hathaway in favor of Hamilton or Bouma. A lot of this is on the coach