[oldschoolcalgary]

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all the non qualifiers actually helps him to move up the depth chart in Stockton (and bumped me from a 2 to a 3), but barring unforeseen news (ie not signing Colborne, major center injuries prior to the season starting) ... i'd be stunned if he started the year in calgary

if he's brought up this year, i'd consider that progress in his development...

8 games in stockton is a pretty small sample

Once Gaudreau ripped it up in the NCAA including winning the Hobey Baker, i think a lot of posters were pretty confident that he wasn't going to be in the minors....him starting in the NHL, eating a year of his ELC, showed that management also believed that