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Originally Posted by edslunch
Treliving preaches taking time with prospects. While Tkachuk hasn't looked totally out of place he hasn't made the case that he's ready either. I think he goes back.
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You look at the issue with the Oilers in burning the first year of Draisaitl's contract and the bind it's going to put them in this summer and seeing the Flames are already up against the cap I simply don't see a good reason to keep him on the team. He's been fine but lets not forget he's only got one OHL season under his belt and could probably benefit from playing top line minutes in junior one more year rather than bottom six minutes with the Flames. I don't think Poirier, Shinkaruk, or even Klimchuk would be a drop off from what Tkachuk is going to do this season so I would rather the Flames give some opportunity to players in the system that they need to evaluate before they are waiver eligible.