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Originally Posted by codynw
I still think that unless he absolutely blows everyone away at training camp (which he could easily do), he at least spends a little bit of time in the AHL. If anything, just so it doesn't look like they're just handing him a spot.
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I was talking about this with a buddy at lunch. I think he starts out on the big team next year. He's not 19, he'll be 21 at training camp. He's been playing for a while against older/bigger players in college. And in my mind he's our best forward skill/vision/playmaking wise if Cammy leaves right now. Or at least on par with Hudler and Backs.
He's Hudler with skating ability.
After watching him at the worlds I see zero benifit to starting him out in the AHL with a bunch of pimply faced slugs. Throw him in with the big fish. He looks like he adjusts pretty quickly to elevated talent.
He'll be our best player by the end of next year if we can keep people off his back. That's the biggest decision that has to made in my mind. Who do you surround him with to get the most out of him?