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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
Jiri's earlier point on Valimaki is a good one. Let's give it some time before we declare him some big miss. I'm not convinced he's an NHLer. He was picked up by an expansion quality team as a flyer. And for every Valimaki there are players that never amounted to anything but this organization gave them every opportunity. Joni Ortio anyone?
Frankly both lists seem pretty short. The Flames may not be great at drafting and development, IDK. But not giving good players a chance? I need more evidence than a red hot Matthew Phillips.
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Absolutely ... Valimaki is far from a done deal as an NHLer.
As I said earlier it's the last of picks in 2017-2019 that would have had players in the system that would be busting the door down now if developed properly.
They're not here ... so it's the 2019 and 2020 firsts that are looking good, but no where near a hot house example.