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Originally Posted by schteve_d
9 games to get a taste and back to junior where he tears it up.
There is absolutely no point in having him up for the season. We are really not going to be competitive for anything so it doesn't do us or him any favours.
It would be silly and all-too-Oileresque to even consider keeping him up full time this season.
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It very well could do him a great deal of good to play at the NHL level. You get better by playing against the best. That being said, if he plays well while in the NHL, and continues to earn ice-time, you keep him here all year and let him develop at the NHL level. If he's in over his head? Shelter his minutes for 9 games so he gets a taste, and then have him report back to Ottawa.
With how the Flames handled Sven last season, I don't believe there is an appetite to force feed prospects to the NHL - but if they show the ability to improve game after game at the NHL level? It'd be poor management to send him back to Jr.