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Originally Posted by Bleeding Red
Pretty scathing report on the Heat over at FlamesNation. Stockton is out of the playoffs again and the columnist laments both the lack of talent supplied by the Flames and the coaching.
And yet some solid/decent players have graduated (however temporarily) to the Flames - Andersson, Kylington, Mangipane, Rittich - With other notables Dube, Vilimaki, Lazar.
Leads me to ask - which is preferable from the farm team - developing good players for the NHL or Having a winning/championship minor team? (would like both, I know, but that seems a bit unlikely.) Do the Flames owe Stockton fans anything?
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The consistent trading away of top picks has done the Heat no favours. The outcome for the Flames has arguably been beneficial, but the outcome in the AHL is a severe lack of defence and 'top end talent'. The problems the Heat will be having have no apparent solution in coming either. The Euro players and CHL players coming in are mostly long shots at having NHL careers. Its not the end of the world, but it is a good thing that the Flames will be drafting in first round this year.