dahrougem2
Registered User
The funny thing about that is that's what a lot of people here would like to see. I think you're telling the wrong people to have patience.
What I see from certain people are posts suggesting this front office doesn't care about it's minor league club. Sakic/Roy took over in 2013. From that draft, MacKinnon and Bigras are currently in the NHL; Butcher and Storm are in the NCAA; Geertsen and Martin have split time between the ECHL and AHL; and Westlund doesn't really have a future here. They've signed Everberg, Rendulic, and Martinsen from European clubs and have been patient with the former two, and the latter (not that he should be) is currently in the NHL.
The rest of their picks either aren't old enough to play in the AHL, or are overseas. Majority of the players currently in the AHL are from the previous regime, and they haven't shown much of anything (though I personally think Agozzino has an NHL future). I just don't think it's really fair to criticize this regime and their philosophy regarding the AHL club and development of young players because their picks haven't graduated to that level yet. Bleackley and Wood being traded hurt for some, I get that, since they both probably could have played in the AHL next season (Bleackley anyways), but I'm very happy so far with Boedker. But I do believe this regime is willing to be patient with player development. I just think they're wanting to develop their players. The players from the previous regime, the Siemens', the Bourke's, the Agozzino's, the Smith's, the Hishon's, I think they were simply willing to wait and see if any of them amount to anything but if not, they'll move on from them since they didn't bring them in. Right or wrong, that's how I think this regime operates. And to be fair to them, players brought in from the previous regime aren't all that good.