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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
I think you may be confused with my post. I was critical of the pro scouting, not the amateur scouting. I’ve actually been very complimentary of the work the amateur scouts have done. If anything, we’ve diverted way too many assets from the amateur scouts in favor of the pro scouts.
Who knows, maybe in another world, the Flames never traded for Brian Elliott and the Flames end up drafting Alex Debrincat and then we never sign Neal.
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Michael Stone was a very good foot solder for us when he got traded, he certainly fit a need at the time. Whether he should have gotten 3 years is unlikely, but that turned worse because of the emergence of Valimaki, Andersson and Kyllington and Stone's health issues. Cervenka was skating in cement with the same ailment when he came back. It was an unfortunate situation all around in hindsight, but not necessarily a poor decision.
Funny enough as a side note, Cervenka was blasted as a disappointment when he was a Flame, yet he got more goals than Neal did with a shortened 39 game season.