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Originally Posted by Bingo
In all fairness they broke camp with Gawdin, and have given Ruzicka a spin a few times.
It's not like they won't try on an AHL player.
They haven't brought up Phillips yet, maybe they won't, but that's a singular evaluation of a player, and not a refusal to bring anyone up.
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I don’t know if I agree. Treliving has seemed to really have a change of strategy with prospects here since the start of the 19-20 season.
Prior to that season he allowed open spots on the roster to allow guys like Mangiapane, Jooris, Hathaway, Anderson, Kylington, Valimaki, Kulak, Jankowski, Dube, have more of a shot to make the roster and get some NHL experience.
We were still “re-building” at that point so it came with the territory, but it was refreshing to see more opportunities for young players, even if they didn’t have high draft pedigree.
Even in 18-19 though young guys got a lot of ice time. Mangiapane - 44 Games, Kylington: 38, Andersson: 79, Dube: 25, Valimaki: 24
Sure those guys were more highly touted prospects, but giving the young guys an open spot on the roster to be able to get NHL time was a strategy that was working for the team.
But I feel like since 19-20 though he’s really been more hesitant to give a rookie a spot and is deferring too veterans.
Gawdin: 9 Games
Ruzicka: 8 Games
Mackey: 6 Games
Phillips: 1 Game
Pelletier: 0 Games
Over the last 3 seasons only 4 Flames prospects have made their NHL debuts, and they played a combined 21 Games.
And even guys like Valimaki and Kylington seemed to get more trust in 18-19 than they have in recent seasons (up until Kylington forcing his way into the top 4 this year).