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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
The argument, first mentioned by you, was about players outgrowing the AHL. It then somewhat got turned into a discussion of players not getting opportunity to play in the NHL.
Somehow you came up with Turris. A player that nearly everyone agrees was rushed into the NHL and a full-time NHL player when he requested a trade, completely contradictory to any argument here.
Ironically, you came back with talking about giving players some opportunity to play in the NHL but not be first line players. A fair argument, but exactly the situation Turris was in that concluded with him requesting a trade (assuming it wasn't actually a money issue). Turris had already established himself as an NHL player when he heldout. There was 0 question he would be in Phoenix if he signed. The Turris situation had no more bearings about outgrowing the AHL than something like the Erixon situation or Heatley asking out of Ottawa.
Again, the discussion was about players outgrowing the AHL and having their development stagnated because of it. I can't think of any obvious examples and Turris is 100% not an example of it.
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It changed because there is no way to prove if a player got ruined by spending too much time in a lower league. One thing that can be agreed upon I think is that a player needs to be tested and can outgrow a league. whether the AHL or any other league.