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Originally Posted by Beninho
Another problem with the AHL is they don't play enough, even if Janko is getting 8-10 minutes a night in Calgary he's still playing more than in Stockton, and he gets to play vs NHL players.
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That argument is completely valid if the season was over. If he finds his way onto the roster buy the 20 game mark. He will still get 62 odd NHL games. When the flames play their 20th game of the season the Heat will have played 14.
Just for simplicity, if he plays 10 minutes in the NHL and 20 in the AHL, starting in the AHL will give give 900mins of ice time vs 820 if he made the roster opening night.
I think he will be up before American Thanksgiving. Once teams get close to that 10 game mark for rookies, there will be some roster decisions made which will make it easier to make some changes. Teams are still evaluating their teams.