Like it or not the farm isn't full of NHL ready forwards at the moment.
Shinkaruk and Poirier haven't made a step, Klimchuk was fine but not ready to be a full time player. Lomberg wasn't quick or big enough to play the role he was playing. Hrivik was ineffective.
They brought up Jankowski and he stayed. They brought up Hathaway but he's really regressed. The Jagr experiment failed.
Now they don't have much available to them.
Mangiapane will be fine, but he didn't exactly kick the door down the last time he was in Calgary.
I like the way that Foo has adjusted but it's a stretch to think he's NHL ready now when he just found his AHL legs.
Another wave coming in Phillips and Dube, so there's that. Maybe they get D'Artagnon and Rucizka to continue to develop and add some size.
But they're thin on forward depth and it's showing with Ferland hurt/faltering.
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