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Originally Posted by Classic_Sniper
It's absolutely on the GM to find the right players to fit in the system, especially when you consider that the GM in question had already made numerous mistakes acquiring players that didn't fit the prior systems that had been deployed by coaches that he personally hired.
Fit is a massive aspect of talent evaluation and roster building. If a fan like me could see it from a mile away that Huberdeau was going to struggle this season, then surely someone in that experienced management group they have should have seen it. Like honestly, I don't even know if his scouting staff even bothered to watch the Panthers play once before they even traded for him.
If our management group actually bothered to do some analysis last summer, then they would have seen Carter freakin' Verhaeghe play and would've realized that this guy should have been the target as he would have been a perfect fit under Darryl's system. I know that's the guy I noticed the most when watching Florida play last year. He even popped this season scoring 41 goals most of which came at even strength (4th in the league). The Flames missed out, I think he and his skillset could've been a heck of a player here.
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Do the Flames have a plan? Flames don't seem to have much of an identity, are we a big strong team or a fast skilled team? We seem to have a mix and match group of players that didn't seem to have a lot of chemistry. Both Brad and Darryl seem content to let young guys develop in the AHL, so I don't see us embracing the youth movement as long as Darryl is involved. The chances of Identifying players to fit a particular coach is made even harder when we can't find the right coach to stick around.
I agree with the notion that the organization just doesn't seem to have a specific short and long term plan, except "win now", which overall is still very short sighted. Best move right now would be to clean house except Conroy and promote a guy like M.Love. M.Love could then embrace a long term plan starting with younger team (with a goal to make the playoffs within a set period of time). Would also be good time try and collect as many high picks and prospects.
Even the idea that Conroy could move to GM is being met with concerns that he can't fire Darryl.It is going to be hard to build a plan with conflicting idea's and a bunch of hurdles to clear.