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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
But they’re ignoring lots of European players to sign these NCAA guys.
We have no Swiss, Danish, or German players in the system.
Two Finns, one of whom is Tuola, who’s never coming back.
Three Swedes, and you don’t hear anything about any of them.
Two Czechs, one Slovak.
Compared to 26 Canadian/US players.
Thank goodness they’ve begun to emphasize taking a Russian every draft.
Like, there are 83M people in Germany - a few of them have to be good at hockey.
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I take this is as tongue in cheek.
But the NHL is a competitive league and you have to be better than other teams at some things to be a consistent winner. Scouting US college players is likely something most teams do well and Flames have no distinct advantage in attracting such players.
Is it possible they could actually build a European scouting department that is better than most other teams and give them a leg up in identifying talent? Seems like that could be worth some andditional investment, it would be a pittance compared to what this organization has thrown away on bad UFA contracts and coaching hires over the years.