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Originally Posted by TjRhythmic
I think Johnny will start in the AHL... And IMO it has nothing to do with size or skill. It's to get accustomed to the schedule. Like Knight, and Hanowski, and the other college players it took them some adjustment to get used to playing so many games, and the thing I like about Ward is that he knows these kids will hit a wall around the 30-40 game mark.. they just aren't habitually ready to play so many games, and the back to backs, the travelling. The nutrition plan... learning to live on your own. Learning how to maintain your body over an 82 games season so you can play at a high level throughout the season, and when you do hit that "wall" how to work through it.
He has the game, the high end skill. He just needs to learn how to be a pro hockey player.. and that is why I think he'll spend the majority of next season in the AHL.
Unless he, like Monahan, blows everyone away at camp.
I guess that is the beauty of sport for me, you just never know what will happen till it happens.
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I think he was better than Monahan at camp.
But I do think he starts in the AHL now for a short period of time