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Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts
That’s fine, but he’s going to be a key player for us. I'd rather he get minutes and touches with the players he will play with. If he’s not good enough to be in the lineup send him down.
Playing 6-7 minutes with 4th liners really doesn’t do much. He needs to play and play with skilled players.
This would give the team a better opportunity to see what type of player he will have chemistry with and what we can work on in the summer.
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If it were the whole season, I would agree. But he has played 62 games this year, which is almost double what he's used to.
It usually comes down to this: there are certain things that the coaches want to see, and if he is showing better on those things, then they want him up. If there are things to work on, send him down.