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Originally Posted by DazzlinDino
...The Flames have an agenda and a vested interest filled with objectives and timelines. This might be similar, or completely different from other teams...
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Moreover it is important to point out to ricardodw that prospect attendance at these tournaments are cyclical, based on the makeup and developmental trajectory of each team's prospect pool. Not that long ago several of the Flames best prospects were held out of this tournament because of NCAA commitments: no Gaudreau, no Gillies, no Hickey, and no Jankowski. One of the reasons the Jets have such a deep prospect pool in the first place is because the NHL team is awful and has accomplished nothing outside of accumulating tonnes of draft picks for players who are destined to abandon Winnipeg at the first opportunity. Good for them for playing well in a game at a meaningless summer tournament.