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Originally Posted by DiracSpike
Great example of why it's dumb to let young NHL ready players that you're counting on this season, to play in this tournament. A two week tournament mostly consisting of beating down on latvia and belarus is not worth missing an entire "season" of NHL man's game hockey for development. Even if you're the captain. Fans are biased because they like the world juniors and want the best players to play but most GMs are smart enough to see that its an unacceptable risk for roster ready players.
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Brian Burke, an actual former long standing GM, exponentially disagrees with you. Listen to today’s Hockey Central at noon for a smack down on that thought process.