Treliving had mentioned in his interview with FlamesTV that the next step was to evaluate their management and coaching team. I am really hoping that they shift things around with their development team, focusing on their goal tending development. The Flames have not been excellent at developing home grown talent.
The Flames haven't developed a goal tending prospect even to be a backup in some time.
Moreover next season, their roster wont be likely to have more than 2 defence men who were drafted by the Flames: Kulak and Brodie.
Sure they've got several players they drafted playing forward but the majority of those players never spend time in the AHL. That leaves Bouma, Backlund, and Ferland.
That record of prospect development is not horrible. Obviously the drafting is decent, but if the Flames want to be a perennial playoff contender they need to develop prospects in key positions.
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