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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
My worry is Coronato won't sign now because of being blocked by stars like Lewis and Ritchie. Everyone will blame picking him because he is in the NCAA and American, but we don't give anyone a legitimate shot on the roster.
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Would you if you were him? Not a chance I would.
The Flames truly don’t give their prospects any rope to work with. People saying they “didn’t outperform in training camp” every single year are not being very honest here. Like first of all yes, Phillips did if you watched him. Like if you took names and numbers off jerseys and had no idea who these guys were coming into camp Phillips would be on the team. He is in the AHL due to contracts and roster size limits and the business stuff, not on the hockey stuff. Then some slam the guy for being too small and pretend like we didn’t just have a very small superstar for the last decade here.
Honestly ask yourself if you were Coronato would you sign with Calgary? It’s a gigantic risk to his career to do so and if I’m watching how Calgary handles rookies and prospects and seeing guys like Valimaki, not a chance. People say these guys have to “earn it” but they truly are not given a chance. Not really.