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Originally Posted by Bingo
Certainly not what I meant for sure.
However, different from say 5 years ago, I think a team can keep him past 9 games if you think he "might" be ready and then be wrong and send him back. More of an advantage then a loss for the team given the contracts being signed these days.
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Agreed, just need to make sure it's the right decision and take as long as possible to make it. Because once he goes down, he's there for the full junior season.
And if it doesn't look like Tkachuk is there offensively, maybe it is the better choice. I certainly don't want him staggering his offensive skills with limited minutes and turning into a 3rd line checker.
There's going to be plenty of prospects knocking at the door this camp and Tkachuk is going to have to get himself noticed for a lot of the good things while staying more disciplined.