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Originally Posted by Hot_Flatus
Season players in the minors all you want, but if you don't actually have a plan in place to inject them into the lineup at some point, and instead opt for Richardson, Lewis, Ritchie, Pitlick type players via FA, you're never going to have the success you strive for and will ultimately disengage the young players who don't see a path to the next step.
This is not a knock on Sutter, as this is a GM/player ops issue in my eyes - it has been common practice Treliving's entire tenure. Ruzicka was finally given a shot, and to be honest, he was at least as good as all the fodder listed above, with the chance to be better with more experience and much better offensive skill than any of them.
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There are currently five players on the active roster that play meaningful minutes and were developed in the Calgary farm system. Three others that were drafted and went straight to the NHL.
The team acquired a backup goaltender with next to no NHL experience.
You honestly think Sutter is just being force fed NHL veterans that played and won for Sutter against Sutter's wishes? Seriously?