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Originally Posted by N-E-B
I disagree with this. If Ortio still needs coaches to develop him he shouldn't be in the NHL. The NHL is not a development league. If players aren't able to adapt themselves (such as Monahan, Bennett, Gaudreau) then they should be sent to the AHL where the entire purpose of that league is development. Ortio not playing is a reflection of Ortio, not coaching.
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How many goalies develop on farm teams and then become instant starters after their first tryout in the NHL?
Brodeur played 4 games in the NHL then an entire season in Utica in the AHL before getting another game, one of the best goalies in history.