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Originally Posted by Bingo
We didn't include him in our prospect polling list!
Wait! Maybe we should have included James Neal!
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He was an 2nd team AHL all star last year (only player in Flames org to be so honored). He only played 10 games in the NHL last year.
He is a prospect if he was with the Bruins,
If the Bruins gave him 26 more games he is a RFA. Bruins prospects Kuraly and Bjork who had less NHL experience at the start of the season were played ahead of Czarnik.
As to him being the Flames top prospect I will crowd source CP. (same strategy you employed to support your opinion on the Athletic underrating the Flames management).
Check the
Building The 2018/19 Flames Roster thread an see that Czarnik is penciled in on all the proposed CP lineups. He would be a major disappointment if he is not on the team when the season starts.
It is pretty obvious, to me anyway, that the Flames management does not have any confidence in internal development. They are constantly scouring the waiver wire for line-up fillers: Versteeg, Bartkowski, Lazar, Shore, Glass, Hrivik and Prout are recent examples of roster fillers for games that could (maybe should) be filled with internal developed prospects.
The Flames have 5 regular players that spent time in the Flames development:
Gio, Brodie, Kulak, Hathaway and Jankowski. Only 3 under the current management group.