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Originally Posted by MattyC
To me it shows that the team is willing to at least give him the chance to make the team. Which is why I think the people who think management will send him straight to Jr without looking at him at the NHL level are a little out to lunch. Not that he won't end up in Jr (he very likely will), but for the Flames to not give him the chance to prove he can play would be counter to everything the management team has said from day one; If you're NHL calibre, you will play NHL hockey.
But, also in keeping with managements mandate to make sure anyone in the lineup is prepared to be so, in order to stick, he has to blow expectations out of the water. Just like Monahan.
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I think that is where it stands. Management and the coaching staff will set the expectation, which will be much higher than it was at the start of the season. If he meets and exceeds them then of course he will get a look.