Quoting: MyTeamsSuck
1. Do you research, Pelletier was in the league LAST YEAR, and was PENCILED IN THE LINEUP, before getting injured during training camp, and can’t get in the lineup, not because of play, but because or this thing called waivers, making any player without a 2 way contract unable to be sent down without the potential of being claimed. Right now the only 2 way contract the Flames have playing a forward position is Connor Zary, who is one of the best rookies in the league, making it pretty difficult to bring Pelletier up.
2. How is AHL production irrelevant, it’s points in one of the best leagues in the world. I read what you said, it was just so stupid that I decided to give you the benefit of the doubt and ignore it.
3. As many people have argued they’re only 22, and assuming that the average player plays until they’re 30, that’s still 8 years to make the league. It’s been 4 years since they were drafted, not a lot of time, especially since they were a late 1st round pick that wasn’t drafted to be someone who enters the league right away, and he was meant to be in the league THIS YEAR, so in reality it’s only been 3 years of development + the half season he played last year.
If it seems I’m grasping at straws it’s because it’s hard to argue with someone that doesn’t know what they’re talking about
1. I do research.
For instance, I found in my research that Pelletier spent more time playing in the AHL than he did in the NHL last year.
It included a stint in the NHL, but a brief stint nevertheless.
Also, your 4th line scrubs like Walker Duehr barely get any ice time anyway this season.
If they get claimed off waivers because room was made for you to desperately showcase Pelletier and prove he's not a bust, then who cares.
2. Whether a NHL draft pick becomes a bust is determined by what he does in the NHL, not in the AHL.
It's not that hard to understand why.
3. There have been several players from the 2019 Draft class who were taken in later rounds and who have been far more successful in the NHL than Pelletier.
The higher the draft pick, the higher the expectation there is for that player to succeed.
4. What's going to happen is that next year, Pelletier will come off his ELC, sign for close to league minimum and be placed on waivers.
He'll be surpassed in the depth chart by teammates who will out-compete him for roster spots from the beginning of training camp.
Because he's an undersized winger with a lengthy injury history who is barely able to make a difference at the NHL level.
5. And normally when someone grasps at straws, it's because they are arguing with someone that does know what they are about.