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Originally Posted by NegativeSpace
It is unfair to Zayne, but I'm thinking of the Makar progression from his draft year as a timeline to look at. Makar is the (or one of the) best defenceman in the league and he still took two seasons at UMass before coming in the playoffs. So, I wonder if Zayne has a similar progression where not next year but the year after we start to see him force his way into the lineup.
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I kind of feel this way as well. Quinn Hughes also had two years of college hockey as well before he stepped into the NHL. He did it a year quicker (from his draft) than Makar, but had the same amount of time in University.
Parkeh hasn't quite had that development. Hopefully, he'll get a few NHL games late in the season or even in the playoffs, like both Hughes and Makar did the year before they were rookies, and maybe he'll be ready to go next year.
I kind of feel similar to Sandman, though, that even if he is a unicorn of a player, the Flames are pretty patient with their prospects -- and he'll have to blow the doors off at next year's training camp (or in this year's playoffs) to cement a spot in the NHL next year.