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Originally Posted by OlTimeHockey
irrelevant. The Wings by policy, since Jimmy D ran the show, do NOT touch kids until they are 100% ready. We're going back before the Chaissons days. The foundation of their team, LIKE OURS WAS AND IS ALLEGEDLY NOW, is the best scouting and development of prospects to ensure they can continue winning. We had money back when Rick was rushed. We never upgraded our scouting or GM role, though. We never made it our defined purpose to make development our priority. We rushed kids from college to our AHL team and up to the pros a few times since Smith made a stink. Fans still make a stink about players staying in Europe out of our reach. It's not he team alone but the fanbase that want to looksie. Wang, I'm sure, likes cheap help.
But read up on Ilitch, his philosophy on winning and all the organization's, in effect, BY-LAWS set since he got sick of seeing his team draw only 3,000 fans a game. If I won powerball and had $200M to buy the team and just rid NY of Wanger, THIS is the textbook approach I would emulate.
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What an owner decides is his payroll, what players he spends his $ on is not irrelevant.
If I'm an owner with a $70m payroll and you are an owner with a $30m payroll, which of us is likely to have higher priced vets/stars on our team, while the other rushes cheaper youngsters onto the roster? Which of us is more likely to leave our prospects in college/juniors/Europe?
And the isles drafted DiPietro, about 2 months after Wang bought the team. 4 months after that they rushed him into the NHL. Wang's wallet has probably never been as open.
This spring the Red Wings 2010 first trounder,Riley Sheahan, left college a yr early.
According to the article below, the Red Wings have done this several times with top prospects. We both know if it was an Isles practice, the isles would be blasted for it.
http://www.redwingscentral.com/2012/...nishing-touch/
The Red Wings often pull their top prospects out of college after three seasons, with Gustav Nyquist, Justin Abdelkader and Jimmy Howard at the top of the list. It’s not clear what their plans are for Sheahan, but it’s hard to imagine another year in college hurting him, especially if he finally starts dominating on a game-in, game-out basis.
