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Originally Posted by Lewis_D
In the eyes of the court of the public opinion I think Flames management is in a damned if they do, damned if they don't situation here.
Scenario A:
Parekh doesn't get in the lineup, team loses a couple upcoming games, Parekh plays last couple games of the season and looks great. People will be saying they should have been playing him instead of Bean or a banged up Andersson.
Scenario B:
Parekh gets into the lineup right away, has some shaky moments and costs them a bad goal or two. People will be irate that Huska put him in when he's not ready, his confidence will be shot etc...
Scenario C:
Parekh gets into the lineup and leads them into the playoffs.
At this point I'm all in on scenario C. #### it. We'll do it live! No pressure kid!
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Would love for Scenario C of course but there’s an additional scenario:
Flames sit Parekh but the flames still make the playoffs. Parekh does not get a chance to play in any regular season games to get acclimated to the NHL so they don’t play him in the playoffs either. The same debate about him playing continues only for playoff games.