I'm curious how one would know if going back to Junior "hurt there development". Smarter hockey people then me can probably quantify this but its seems like such a subjective and speculative thing to say. Especially for top end picks who have dominated at that level already - what demonstrates growth (usually i think its commitment to the 3 zone game). Is that different then what you look for if they played the year pro?
McKinnon/Drouin is a great case study I think. While for me, those 2 players were never THAT close, many had them interchangeable as the top player in the draft. One turns pro and lights it up and the other goes to Jr and does pretty good again. How has there development curve changed?
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