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Originally Posted by MisterJoji
Feaster said they were looking to draft an NHL ready player at #6, but take that it for what it's worth. He's all but guaranteed to get a 9 game audition but if he isn't head and shoulders above Backlund (unless Backs makes major leaps as well) or Stajan I hope he heads back to Ottawa to refine his game. Unless a minor miracle happens we won't be getting a sniff of the playoffs next year, so burning a year of his ELC to play for a bottom feeding team isn't great asset management.
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He will get the nine games.
The rest will depend on how much he can improve his skating. They won't keep him if he can't keep up and will push him back to junior where can succeed and improve.
Lots of them say they are NHL ready out of the draft but few of them are.
Cowperson