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Originally Posted by Oil Stain
That was just plain dumb. They stuck him on a line with Yakupov as the defacto second line. Sink or swim scenario. He sunk, and they had no choice but to give up on the experiment. They sent him down right before the 40 game mark to save a year of free agency eligibility.
That was typical MacT IMO.
I find the Puljujarvi handling to be more curious. They kept him around the roster but they didn't really need him to perform as they were getting performance elsewhere. They weren't playing him every game. They made a point of keeping him on the roster past the 40 game mark of the season before sending him down which is really strange.
Lemaire did something similar with Brent Burns in Minnesota,. Kept him on the NHL roster the whole season and only played him in 36 games as an 18 year old.
I'm not sure why a team would choose to develop a player like that. It's a shame none of the Oilers reporters have even bothered to ask about the Puljujarvi situation.
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Didn't Boston do something similar with Seguin?