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Originally Posted by PugnaciousIntern
As has been said before...if you can’t outplay whoever the 12/13th fwd is on the Flanes (still won’t be a barn burner after these signings) you’re still an AHL player
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Sure, easy for you to say. Except when that 13th forward has a one way contract, or worse, has a big money contract. It is not easy to beat out a player on those contracts, because teams are still looking at contract costs. If a young guy is on a two way, it is almost impossible to beat out a vet on a one way. When the team can pay the prospect $75k for riding the buses, versus paying a player $1-5M for doing the same, the decision becomes pretty simple. Opportunity is not easy to come by in professional sports, and there is a lot more to earning opportunity than just playing your position well.