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Originally Posted by Macho0978
At what point do the Flames start trusting their youth? Imo andersson is close to brodie already and he is young and getting better
Valimaki has potential to be better than both
Look at the Bruins. They have chara but after that they have trusted their youth
Krug was a regular at 22
Carlo at 20
Clifton McAvoy and carlo are all very young still
John Moore was a regular at 21
Gio hamonic are our veteran presence. Stone or an ufa signing could be another veteran presence. It is time for these kids to play
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Oh my god.
Andersson established himself as a regular this year as a 22-year old, and 19-year-old Valimaki made the team out of camp. He was supplanted only because of a serious injury that wiped out most of his season. Andrew Mangiapane played 44 games in his 22-year-old season, and 19-year old Dillon Dube also made the team out of camp. Barring any movement, all of these players will be on the roster next season
All the handwringing about the Flames "not trusting their youth(!)" is so overblown and exaggerated: Most of their top-six forwards next season will be under 25-years-old, and they will have at least three defensemen playing under the age of 24. This is NOT an issue.