Zanzibar Buck-Buck McFate said:
Deebo said:
WhatIfGodWasALeaf said:
I think decision making will improve here and he'll be able to predict outcomes of plays/overcommitting D partners more accurately once he has more experience at the pro level.
I think the only way to improve this aspect of his game is experience at the NHL level. Going back to junior where he'll have more time to make decisions won't help IMO.
A valid point, but keeping him up runs the risk of his getting burned over and over and developing bad habits in order to compensate. As we all know, the ideal would be to season him this year in the AHL. Since because of stupid rules that can't happen, it's a real dilemma. I still haven't seen anything to make me change my mind that he should be sent back to junior with no NHL games, suboptimal though it would be.
Is there any way we could send him to Russia or Sweden to play on one of the top teams for a year?
He'd make some nice coin over there and would get the experience playing against pro's/men that he probably needs now.
The only down side might be the ice surface size confusing matters, but with his skating, more room to wheel might be an advantage.