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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
There's certainly an argument to be made that this team won't win the Stanley cup, with or without Jagr, so giving the ice time to young players the organization needs to develop bodes well for the growth of the team. I'm not in favor of handing spots to young players, but if you block a young player from potentially grabbing a vital role isn't that counter productive?
Im a big Jagr fan but I'm not sure the Flames are a Jagr short of being a cup threat at this point, which would be the only way it'd make sense adding him IMO.
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The team has to go into the season thinks ng they'll win the cup or there's no use playing. "Giving" the spot to a kid will guarantee the team won't go far, making everyone play better than the guy in front of them makes players better. Just giving a young player a spot sends a message that you don't have to earn your spot...that's not good. Get the best possible players and make everyone compete for them. If no kids can play better than Jagr they don't deserve to play