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Originally Posted by genetic_phreek
You look at the Avs, a lot of us here would think they are the cream of the crop of the west. They are so deep on their top 6, yet they still have Newhook (same draft as Pelletier) and Jost (same draft as Phillips) playing in their bottom 6. That is why the organization is more successful than us. I've said this before, we would rather have "proven" NHL veterans, the likes of Richardson, Pitlick, Ritchie over the Phillips and Pelletiers. in previous years the Fantanbergs, Forborts over the Kylington, Valimakis.
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There is a simple answer to this. Phillips isn't anywhere near as good as Jost or Newhook. Pelletier is a year off from being the player he should be. In preseason he looked to light and weak to him the battles he wins in the AHL. He needs a little time. Sure the Flames could rush Pelletier, but it isn't worth derailing his development.