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Originally Posted by Jammon
Of course. BUT, the major criticism of this team is that we lack prospect depth and our young guys just aren't showing the promise that they saw earlier in their careers. So, you can basically explain the faults in one of two ways: 1) our scouts are really bad at finding talent and mis-read abilities and talents or 2) we don't allow them to develop into NHL talents when they give little to no opportunity to play at the NHL.
Take your pick- but either criticism points our current issues straight at Jets management.
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Or the third and actual reason: 3) the Jets were a good team for a number of years and traded away second round picks annually to acquire vets at the trade deadline for playoff runs. Fewer higher end draft picks available = fewer NHL ready prospects.
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