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Originally Posted by dammage79
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.
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I get the frustration about Kylington, but it was an extremely tall order to expect that Phillips would be given time on the NHL roster this early. He missed a bunch of games last year with an injury, and then struggled down the stretch when he came back before the shutdown. Phillips has since not played any hockey since early March; there is no way the Flames were going to have him starting in the NHL without a string of games in the AHL to get him back up to speed.
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