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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I think you all are making some pretty big assumptions. How can you say a player who has never played a real NHL game is better than guys that have? Chances are you are correct, but plenty of posters said the same about Sven (and other prospects).
If you are going to test out whether he's better, either you better be really really sure in order to put him in when the Flames are playing really important games, or wait until early in the season, when it usually happens.
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
This really isn't that complicated.
No one is saying you hand him the keys to the city.
All you do is keep seeing how he progresses with the next step. You can pull the plug at any time. But the only way to see how good he is, is to put him on the ice.
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GioForPM's point above still stands. The people saying "he's better than Raymond/Bollig/Stajan/Byron/whoever so just put him in" are making a big assumption. I agree that from what I've seen the probability is that he's a better hockey player than those guys in terms of skill, but will it translate? Is he mature enough? Tough enough? Will he buy into the system? Is he in shape? All of these at the NHL level. And that's not even taking into account positional depth or team needs etc.
Your way of putting it makes sense.