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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
I think the appropriate approach would be to treat the Hitmen just like any other organization. The Hitmen, for the most part, have not been great at producing NHL players.
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While I get where you are going with that, it makes no logical sense.
From the perspective of individual players, yes, being local is meaningless, and you have to treat all potential prospects equally/rationally (location should not matter).
But from the perspective of the Hitmen, and talking to them, if you treat them like every other organization, you are even. But if you work closer with them, and attempt to gain insights that other organizations are not privy to, you can only end up ahead (there is no downside).
Of course they should be trying to leverage their relationship with the Hitmen.
And the fact that the Hitmen don't have a great track record, is another thing the Flames organization should be working hard to rectify.