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Originally Posted by Komskies
You're talking about the same Auston Matthews that many scouts said would go ahead of Jack Eichel if he were old enough for the 2015 draft?
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You're talking about the same Sean Monahan that is currently better than Jack Eichel?
The NHL is for the players who are the best as of right now, not the ones that may possibly be better in the future. You don't play people ahead of others that aren't as good, even if they might be better later on.
Case-in-point: Backlund, Monahan, Granlund and Stajan (and pretty much anyone else) playing center over Bennett. Bennett may end up better than all of them, but he's not right now. So you don't just play him like he is.