@CliffFletcher
You keep repeating this but history says otherwise.
Clifford, King, Voynov, Martinez, Nolan, Muzzin, Pearson, Toffoli, Shore, Forbort, Andreoff, and Dowd all saw regular time as NHL rookies or sophomores while he coached the Kings.
Had no problem using Leopold, Phaneuf, Lombardi, and Kobasew in his first 2 1/2 years in Calgary either.
If a kid is good enough to play and understands what he wants from them, he'll play them. Whenever Sutter was asked about the AHL guys near the end of the season, he admitted he knew very little about them. It's hard to expect him to slot them in when he hasn't had a training camp to evaluate them.
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