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Originally Posted by savardandjokinen
Gaudreau (college) Monahan (juniors) Lindholm (trade)
Tkachuk (junior) Backlund (developed in system) Frolik (free agency)
Bennett (juniors) Jankowski (developed in system) Neal (free agency)
Dube (juniors) Ryan (free agency) Hathaway (developed in system)
Czarnik (free agency)
Giordano (developed in system) Brodie (developed in system)
Hanifin (trade) Hamonic (trade)
Valimaki (juniors) Andersson (developed in system)
Stone (trade) Prout (trade)
Smith (trade)
Rittich (developed in system)
So yeah, not too many players developed through the minors
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I wouldn't necessarily say that because you have only looked at the make-up of the current roster.
You also have consider that some players are developed within our system, but then end up being traded for other assets (Ferland, Baerstchi, Granlund), or that we end up losing to other teams but become NHL-regulars (Byron). There are probably other examples I missed.
Even if they don't end up playing for the Flames, having going through our system gave them some value to a team /somewhere/.