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Originally Posted by The EBUG's EBUG
I don't think its unreasonable to at least give a guy at least a semi regular shift if you're going to call him up and see what you have.
His average of 7:17 so far would be tied for the lowest in the NHL for any regular player this season (Lomberg being the 5th lowest). Don't think it's "gifting" a guy minutes to play him more than the 0th percentile in the league and plenty of teams give guys more rope than that.
If he's literally there to be a body and play the least amount of anybody in the league then you might as well have Hunt do it, or another guy you're not worried about developing.
Again, agree to disagree, if I were a GM I wouldn't be thrilled with how his development is being handled but clearly the coaches don't think much of him.
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Klapka averaged under 7 minutes in his first 6 games. Upped it to 9 the next year. Now he's a regular impact player up and down the lineup. Maybe some patience is warranted.
I think Huska isn't shy about giving rookies more minutes though - Pospisil, Coronato, etc. got more than Stromgren. So I think he's just monitoring and doing what he thinks best.