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Originally Posted by codynw
It's very simple.
If the player is getting plenty of ice time and finding success at the NHL level, sending them back to play with juniors is a waste of time for their development.
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Are you sure that playing for a team that's pretty much destined for a lottery pick, as opposed to playing for a team with legitimate gold medal aspirations, can be defined as "finding success"? Certainly, Monahan's personal development has been great this year, but what about the importance of instilling a winning culture, and learning to deal with the pressures of high expectations?
It would seem to me that, from an organizational standpoint, there are few expectations at all this year.