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Originally Posted by dino7c
Didn't everyone praise Detroit for two decades for slowly bringing guys into the league after long AHL stints and low NHL minutes to start?
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The Flames waiving the player and basically mothballing him last season has nothing to do with development or some sort of master plan by the franchise and GM - even at the start of this season Tre was needlessly critical of his game after a very solid pre-season when just about everyone else was gushing.
The arrival of this player is most certainly a case of the player forcing his way into the top 6 with sheer determination and will. There is no reason to think he couldn't be doing what he's doing now last season if he had at least played even semi-regularly. Finally encountering a coach that would give him an honest shake at playing ahead of other less deserving players doesn't hurt either.
It was very apparent the team was willing to cut ties. Let's not give credit to the franchise on this one when this is all on the player for doing everything he could to get here. About all you can say is this could serve to be a very solid draft pick and lucky for all that nobody else claimed him just a few months ago.