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Originally Posted by Otto-matic
They've given plenty of youngsters the chance to play in the last decade.
Gaudreau, Wolf, Coronato, Zary, Kerins, Pospisil to name a few.
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Johnny was a once-in-a-generation talent (for this team, at least), and him playing was almost certainly Conroy's doing. Also Sutter inherited him. There's no way he'd ever let a 5'9" 158lbs rookie play on his team otherwise.
Wolf toiled in the A for three years, and even after we were eliminated last season, he still saw Marky get the majority of starts (instead of the team using that time to see how Wolf handled being a starter).
Coronato, Zary and Pospisil also played multiple years in the minors before given a chance here.
This is an organization that would rather have a 30 year old 4th liner with zero offensive talent playing in the top six than a 18-19 year old skilled rookie.
Chase, check, dump, chase, block, chase, check, dump, chase, block, chase, check, dump, chase, hold/trip, kill, dump, chase, check, dump, chase, block....
This is the way.