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Originally Posted by Bingo
Why do we have to be so lazy about this stuff?
Two rookie D in the top six.
Another started the year at 19
A 19 year old forward made the team out of camp.
20 year old forward landed a job on the shut down line.
7-8 rookies with games this year.
To say Huska isn't working youth into the lineup is just blindly incorrect.
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This needs to stop.
- The 19 year old D "made the team" because he couldn't be sent to the AHL and if he went to the OHL, he would have been unable to return for the duration of their season. He started the season in the press box, and has probably spent more time up there than he has on the ice for us so far.
- The 19 year old F "made the team" because Huberdeau was hurt. The 19 year old played in exactly the number of games required to fill the hole until Huberdeau was back, and then he was immediately sent down to the farm. There was no movement done to make room for him in the lineup, either coming out of camp or when Huberdeau came back. He literally filled an injured spot for a handful of games and hasn't been heard from again since.
The starting lineup of the Calgary Flames this season, for all intents and purposes, was the same one that played last season. No rookies made this team (out of camp) with the intention of keeping them and playing them as if they were part of the main lineup.