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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo
This really isn't rocket science.
The young players doing well on the team now looked flat in camp. Handing them a spot on the big club when they didn't earn it out of camp could have lead to their confidence suffering and an even slower start.
Instead, the likes of Janko, Hathaway etc started tearing the AHL a new one, were soon called up, and their confidence and momentum carried over to the NHL.
Pretty simple explanation really.
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That's fair. We must have watched different preseason games then.
There was no doubt in my mind that Jankowski, Hathaway, Kulak, and Rittich all outplayed their replacements - Glass, F.Hamilton, Bartkowski and Lack.
At least I can see where you are coming from. If you thought the latter 4 players outplayed the former 4, and thus the youth needed additional seasoning in the AHL, I can absolutely accept that because hockey is quite subjective.