Filppula gone, Umberger gone, Lehtera benched, exactly what are you people whining about?
AMac was a legacy contract.
The majority of issue I have in prospect development is on Hak and his reluctance to give younger players ice time.
Having said that, the overall philosophy on overcooking prospects in this organization is, imo, preventing them from advancing as quick as they could be. That philosophy starts with Hextall and has to shoulder some responsibility there.
That presumes that rushing them would accelerate, not Pejorative Slur, their development - look around the NHL, lots of prospects sent back to the AHL because they were rushed and weren't ready. So I'm not sold on the idea that forcefeeding kids works.
Depends on the player, Provorov, Patrick had no problem playing at 19 but they're uber talents.
Ghost could have used a full AHL season when he got injured.
TK struggled for a while, finally putting it together his 3rd season (last year was partially a shooting % artifact, he's a better player this year).
It's a judgement call, but I see no evidence that Flyer prospects are failing at higher rates or taking longer to become PRODUCTIVE NHL players than on other teams. You can cherry pick players, but those are self-selected to be the ones that mature faster since you're picking prospects who were quickly productive ex post.
A more objective measure is to look at a team's pool of draft picks over an extended period, and see how the 1st rd picks, the late first/2nd rd and the picks after #50 develop.
Top 20 tend to be quick risers, 21-50 take a year longer, 50+ rarely arrive before 4-5 years.
There are exceptions, but the general rule applies.
Lindblom was a fast riser for a later round pick, for example.
