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Originally Posted by Jay Random
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Every prospect has to adjust to the speed of the NHL by making quicker decisions, and that means learning both in practice and in games until the decisions become intuitive. It's when Parekh hesitates that the freight train catches him on the tracks.
Seems to me the coaches need him to work his bag off in practice with the specific goal of eliminating that moment of hesitation, and meanwhile, give him sheltered minutes on the third pairing and PP.
He'll be fine, I'm sure.
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I suspect you're right. I also wonder if continuing to watch games from the pressbox now and then will help with the process of seeing the game at the NHL level. If Parekh doesn't look NHL-ready, I don't think it would be the worst thing to platoon him with Brz for now, with the intent to trade one of Weegar or Whitecloud either at the trade deadline or at the draft and play both Parekh and Brz full time next season.