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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Wait - you included Tim Erixon (who never was a Flame), Poirier and Kylington (who each had issues that had zero to do with the Flames), and Tyler Wotherspoon (who had 11 points in his draft year and wasn't considered ever to be an offensive prospect)???
Pelletier hasn't been "unlocked" in any other system, nor did Granlund, Klimchuk or Valimaki.
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I had confused Erixon and Ramholt in my mind. Ramholt is actually a good example of a prospect turned away by this organization (at that time, Darryl Sutter), because he didn't fit our mould. I'd forgotten about Poirier's off-ice issues.
As far as guys being "unlocked" by other organizations, that's an exception and not the norm. The first few years are critical for developmental success. If development is being stunted by our organization, guys are not going to go off and be "unlocked" somewhere else as if they hadn't lost out on key development opportunities at key times.