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I suspect they're limiting his minutes not only because they don't want him up against top guys but also because they're concerned about strength and trying to prevent injuries. I'm convinced it's most heavily weighed to preventing injuries. Parekh is quite slight compared to NHLers and because he also hasn't yet quite adjusted to the speed of the NHL game to slip away from forechecker hits, he's high risk of getting hurt every time he's hit.

Pat has mentioned a few times the teams plan to up his strength during the Olympic break, which I think will help but a few weeks won't quite get him there. He's too talented of a player to be concerned about ending up being a flop. He won't find his game this season I don't think, but he's a motivated kid and after an off season focusing on strength and getting 'meatier' I think he'll be a lot better next year. I'm really hoping they start him in the A next year for at least 2 months or so, then bring him up for good.

Edit to add that I do agree he makes mistakes on reads and giveaways, etc but I truly don't think that's too much of a concern even for the coaches. If I had to bet, I'd bet they're confident he'll be fine defensively. They're biggest concern right now in my view is his strength and ability to absorb/slip hits from NHLers.