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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
Sorry I think your reasons are a little cliché. I've just yet to see a good reason other than basic hockey platitudes. The evidence in his play doesn't support sending him down and I don't know of any historically similar situations where keeping this kind of player up hurt the team.
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I think you hit the nail on the head as there really isn't any way to ever determine what is the right thing to do. Joe Thornton turned out just fine despite playing his rookie year on the fourth line of Boston getting 8 minutes a game. And there is no way to quantifiably say if he would be better or worse because of it. Just like there really isn't any way to blame rushing players on "rushing" them. It could be they just never had the ability to make the jump in the first place and would have spent their career in the AHL anyways.
It's great debate but it is the hardest part I think for GMs, there is no way to ever know if you made the right decision.
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