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Originally Posted by Bingo
I do think it's appropriate to be forced to make room for a player and not leave spots open for them going into camp (~cough Edmonton ~cough). The key then however is when a player proves he's ready you don't come up with excuses to take said action.
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Exactly.
I find it very rich when some Oiler fans in this forum disregard the septic field that was created over the last decade with the biggest component being exactly what you stated.
Proper development and making the right choice as to when a young player is ready to succeed in the NHL is huge.
Knowledge , coaching expertise and the ability to build strong professional relationships within the development realm is not equivalent amongst 90 percent of NHL teams.
Not even frigging close. That is a huge insult to the many teams who have designed and built a strong development system and a gigantic excuse for those who have not. The Oilers being the poster child for the latter.
Hall, Nugent Hopkins , Yakupov , Petry, Schultz , Eberle, Dubnyk etc were badly shortchanged by the unwillingness and inadequacy of the Oilers to develop them properly.
They were handed positions where they had little chance of being successful or reaching their optimum potential and they as well as the Organization bore the negative results.