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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
We knew that. Why not the higher level of competition if the goal is to return to the NHL? My opinion is he's not returning.
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He doesn't need competition, he needs to be injury free and in better shape. I don't think the skill has left him as much as those two things affected him in his games here, and the skills will be there when he has increased confidence. A boost of confidence playing in that lower tier will help that.
He did have 7 points in 22 games, and sounds like a number of those games he was trying to play through somethings...but the stats line is pretty much the same as Versteeg.
So get playing time in and the conditionig that goes with it, and step back in to the lineup at a better place than where he left off, if it all works out.