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Originally Posted by Fire of the Phoenix
That is awful, our pipeline is barren. At least the parent club is young because that roster is the island of misfit toys. The only 4 players I think have a chance are Phillips, Zavgorodny and Mackey, and Poolman. And I wouldn't rate their chances as good. This honestly reminds me of the Sutter years in terms of having no prospects. Like I said, at least the parent club is young there is still time to figure this out.
BT has got to stop making trades involving picks unless they are coming our way. We can't even blame the scouts really, it's all on the GM for a lack of picks, specifically rounds 1-3. Losing two former 4ths sucks considering that's usually one of our earlier picks.
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From NHL.com:
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The NHL lists 690 players on the official season-opening rosters of its 31 teams.
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more than 40 percent are 25 or younger
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That means that the average NHL team has 9 out of 22 players to start last season as 25 or younger.
Flames roster starting last season had 10 25 years old and under
Mark Jankowski 25
Sean Monahan 24
Elias Lindholm 24
Sam Bennett 23
Andrew Mangiapane 23
Oliver Kylington 22
Rasmus Andersson 22
Noah Hanifin 22
Dillon Dube 21
Matthew Tkachuk 21
only one other player under 25 played any games over the season Alexander Yelesin 23 got 4 games.
I count 5-6 "core" players that would be major trades if they are not Flames in 20-21
Valimaki added next year replacing Brodie/Hamonic.
My analysis: The farm is weak and it will be hard for young guys to break into the Flames lineup as the minimum salary spots in general are being filled by good veteran players with solid (if not star-level) NHL experience. Example Stone and Fobort over Yelesin.