[Canada 02]

Originally Posted by McG

Good questions!

I thought that a side benefit of having the ahl team in Calgary was the ability to get players into and out of the flames roster. Sort of pollinate the whole team with youth or energy without losing players on waivers.

At every level of business and sport, you give aspiring individuals a chance at a tougher level, even if it is only for a game or two. It usually motivates them and also encourages improvement to get back to the next level.

Except Flames because “reasons”. As if somehow the young players getting a game or two would disrupt veterans or somehow negatively affect our crap average record. Or that eating press box popcorn is your reward for practicing hard. If you don’t want to keep the player then at the very least you can showcase them for a trade. Not Flames. We like to walk players to free agency to ensure that they get there. Think about it. All of the time and money put into developing players and we let them go for nothing.

It’s just basic asset management. It’s one of the first things that needs fixing.

Ruzicka has had 44 games
Duehr has 20 games
Pelletier 23 games
Gilbert 21 games
Mackey had 10
Phillips had 2
Desimone 4
Zahorna 8