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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
The danger is that keeping a kid up and playing him on a defensive or grinding line can cause the kid to lose confidence in his offensive abilities and therefore stunt his offensive upside. Sure it looks like he'd be a passable fourth liner already but that may cause him to not develop into a 2nd liner.
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Thing is, I think an energy guy is Dube's best usage as an NHLer. Plus it's what he did at the WJC's last year and it really pumped him up IMO.