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Originally Posted by Macindoc
Average NHL career is 5.5 years. At that rate, we need to graduate an average of 4 players per year to the big team! By that measure, we've been behind for years, which may partly explain why we've had to overpay free agents and empty the draft drawers to fill out the roster.
Now I get that this may be a good approach to keep a window open for a few years when you're a cup contender, but if that's not what the Flames really are at this time, then they really do need to address the slow turnover of talent.
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No, the second part of the bold does not follow from the first.
The average career may be 5.5 years, but that is because many players only get a sniff. The best players play for 10-15 years. And good teams graduate one or two players a year, which is exactly what the Flames have been doing for the last several years (and should continue to do for the foreseeable future).