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Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef
I'd be willing to bet he gets sent to Adirondack on a conditioning stint before management decides anything. He will play on the farm for 2 weeks then when he is activated from IR he will either play in Calgary or Kingston, if he plays very well for the farm club and you have to think he will get a shot at a few games with the big club before being sent to the OHL.
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I'd honestly be surprised if he was sent to the AHL. Those are big guys, and we have to remember that he's a rookie with ZERO professional games under his belt. Even if it's called a 'conditioning stint' and he gets 'sheltered' icetime, there's only so much you can do as a coach to protect a rehabbing kid, who hasn't played a game all year, in a league with bigger guys than he's played with before.
If they send him to juniors, I think it'll be straight there, not through Adirondack. And with Burke in the organization, I'd say his chances of going to juniors are 99%.