I'd agree, not for 7 games but for as long as he plays decent. Kipper usually doesn't slump for long but I think the Flames have been riding their veterans heavily with the internal belief that they have no need to invest in youth or rebuild in the face of conventional wisdom for way too many years. While it seems like the Ramo/Brossoit/Gillies group is more highly thought of than Irving, he's young and under team control and giving him a few games is only going to help the club in the long run. You either build some value and/or develop another option or you determine that you need to go in another direction long run.
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