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Old 11-04-2022, 04:48 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina View Post
On this we agree.
And at times I would like the Flames to give more of the young players a chance. But I would have liked to have seen a young guy grab that opportunity in the pre-season. Now you can counter that they weren't given a chance. And maybe there's truth in that.

But then I look around the NHL and see other higher touted prospects also down in the AHL. The guys that stick seem to stick because they grabbed that spot.

But the packaging around the Flames not graduating a single draft pick I think is actually not the point you are trying to make. Because indeed the larger factor in that is probably lack of picks.

At minimum interesting to think about and talk about which is the point of any good article.
I do think it's worth looking very much at specific cases.

Pittsburgh is beginning to ease in one of Pelletier's QMJHL counterparts in Samuel Poulin, who is the same age and was significantly less productive in the A last season. There are only five guys from the 2019 first round who haven't gotten games yet, and Pelletier profiles by far the best of those five (and there are numerous guys who have played who profile worse).

Zary, I can understand why you might give him some more time. He's doing so many good things in the A right now but there's also the fact he missed last year's camp. This really is kinda like his first full pro year. But ... he's also very much been around that group for a while. I do think he'd potentially be capable of filling a similar type of void as an Alex Newhook in a pretty short timeframe. And again ... more than two-thirds of the 2020 first round has already seen the NHL.

Don't think Phillips is ever going to get a look, and he was picked seven drafts ago. Pospisil is intriguing and I think a legit NHL prospect but he hasn't been producing yet this year. Wolf is on a completely different timeline and not really relevant to the overall topic.

There's definitely a lack of names. But the top guys have developed really well.
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