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- Jul 27, 2010
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I think if we did a better job, we'd be in a better place today? Are they though? Do you think Grigorenko, for example, fell off because of lack of talent or maybe lack of development. It seems like the trend is more about chasing the most ready product as oppose to growing one. Then again, I'm not in the meeting and can't say exactly.
In my experience, and I think most, if not all can relate. You can be an all knowing teacher but if you don't know how to get through your students, you're not going to have much effect. So I think it's about finding people with such abilities. That said, I can't say for sure how good or bad we are at it. However, that's the area I'd try to chase success in the most. You can always improve.
If the general premise were true, let's focus our $ and time on development, so we don't have to rely on drafting high to get good players... I mean of course every team would do that... but obviously it's either A) not that easy or B) all teams are already doing it.
There are a few examples where a team really botched a particular player's development pretty badly, but I think by and large most players would amount to essentially the same thing in most environments. Nashville has this aura about being able to develop defenseman. Do I think XO and Sproul would be much better players if Nashville took them? Personally, I really don't...
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