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Originally Posted by polak
He's 6'1 and almost 200 lbs.
I don't think his size is holding him back at all and there's no guarantee that he has any growing left to do. He's not going to learn anything playing against kids when he can already hold his own in NHL. The only reason you send him down is if he's struggling which he is not.
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Right now he plays a support role. If he went back he would be THE GUY on his team and put their entire season on his back, especially with the departures of Dvorak and Marner.
Hockey is hockey. If you assume he has nothing left to learn than you assume he's never going to be any better? You think he's going to be a 70pt player this year and stay that way? Every player follows a progression of learning. This is especially true for an 18 year old