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Originally Posted by Textcritic
I agree, and I would like to add a significant observation to your first point: to my eye Tkachuk has improved over the course of the first three games. He looks like he is catching on to new things every day which is EXACTLY what you want your developing players to do. So long as he continues to show improvement I don't see how dispatching him back to juniour will in any way serve to benefit him in the long run.
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I don't see a lot of evidence that fast tracking 18 year old players in the NHL is overly beneficial. Sure there's some elite players that were too good to play in junior but that's not the case here. We make fun of the Oilers for fast tracking every 1st round pick and I kind of feel there's really no good reason to have him in the lineup this season as just fitting in and not looking out of place on a team that's winless in three games isn't enough. Shinkaruk or Poirier would probably be better served getting that spot IMO.