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Originally Posted by dammage79
Nakladal and Wotherspoon are feasting on their chance right now due to Smid and Russell's injuries and they're faring quite well.
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OK.
Nakladal is 28 years old and has been playin against men for quite some time. Wotherspoon was drafted in 2011 and the fact that he is playing well is, if anything, supporting the notion that leaving a player in the minors helped Wotherspoon game rather than hinder it.
If the guys we have in the minors can't steal jobs from Engelland and Smid and Russell, then they really shouldn't be playing in the NHL yet, and from the results of their play in Stockton I have to agree with the fact they aren't up yet. It's the job of the prospects to take these jobs, not be handed them.
If anything Russell is helping our development system, not hindering it. Unless you want to throw our only prospects to the dogs and have them booed off the ice, Ala Edmonton Oilers.