This issue was discussed during the break between periods by the panel. Sutter talked about his kid coming off the same injury at a similar age (I think he was a year older) and how the best thing for the player was to go to junior and NOT to the AHL and play against men. He said that it is important to get the player to a position where they can succeed and junior is the right situation. He suggested it would be a mistake to put a young kid, who has not played a game since September, into a situation where he would not be successful. Sutter was adamant that junior was the best place for Bennett and he should head directly there. I was hoping they would mention RNH and how the Oilers mishandled him, but he focused on his son and the scenario he was intimately familiar with. Of course, Sutter doesn't know much about hockey or what it takes to get to the NHL, as a player, scout and parent, so we can ignore his wisdom.
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