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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Okay, but then the same difference applies both to players who make the team out of camp and those who crack the roster mid-season. Either they are all "NHL ready" at the time they make the jump, or they are not.
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I'm getting enough blowback on this to consider that I'm wrong, but I still think it's crazy I'm the only one who sees a difference between "ready to play in the NHL" and "ready for another NHL tryout."
Like, not every callup makes the jump. The act of just being called up does not make someone an NHL player. They have to do enough to stick around until someone tells them to buy a house (figure of speech).
What have people seen about Zary, Pelletier and Philips that makes them think they can play the same way in the NHL? They're not 4th liners, so no one's calling them up to replace Rooney's 7 minutes a game. They're going to have to produce when they're here, otherwise what's the point?