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Originally Posted by VilleN
I don't disagree necessarily. However, Ruzicka looked good in the AHL, he looked pretty good in preseason and his NHL call ups. Valimaki looked amazing at first, then injuries, and lost development time threw him off course I think. My point really is that I don't think the Flames are doing anything egregiously wrong with their young prospects. I think there are plenty of examples of giving prospects an opportunity. So when they aren't giving a player an opportunity, I assume it isn't random, or personal - but rather they see something that we as fans either can't see or don't have access to.
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Or they're wrong!
I don't think any subjective view of what a player can do is infallible. They have made mistakes, they will make mistakes. They'll get some right.
But I'm not ready to assume they have sort of mantra that is different than the rest of the league targeting young players despite that clearly not being in their best interests.