‘”I haven’t completely (ruled him out),” Ruff said. “He hasn’t seen much practice time, in fact he hasn’t gone through a full practice yet. I would love to see him play, but I don’t think it would be fair to see him play in this situation. I don’t think he is ready. If we were to give him a couple of shifts, I don’t think makes a lot of sense at this time. But, I would have loved to have done it.”‘
Hecht likely to miss German exhibition game
Source: NHL.com