His argument seems to be that if the player gets enough points, it was a good idea, otherwise it was a bad decision. Pretty silly argument.
The only sensible reason to keep a player up is if you think it is the best thing for his development.
And I think there is more to that than just his hockey skills. You have to consider physical and mental development as well.
As a rule, my starting point is always send them down. And I argued that Monahan should go down.
But Monahan showed that he was physically and mentally mature enough, as well as having his game at a place where being in the NHL and watching NHLers helped him.
I think the decision to keep guys up is more often than not wrong, but Monahan is actually one of the few that I didn't have a problem with (after I saw his maturity and hockey smarts).
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