I have some issues with how the Flames manage their farm and graduating. Granted, players like Andersson, Dube and Mangiapane broke down the door leaving no choice but to have them on the main roster, the preference to veteran FAs over player like Phillips or Kylington irks me.
I'd rather insert youthful exuberance and the attitude to succeed and prove your worth at all costs into the line up vs, Simon Leivo, Stone, and so on and so on.
It's kind of the problem we all have with the Flames right? Lack of emotion? Thats where you tap into it right? Youth?
The vets should be the blow off valves to cover when/if the youth aren't succeeding and need a game or two watching from above.
I guess main issue with the build of this team is relying on retread vets instead of the kids in your system.
|