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Is this not somewhat premature?

 

We're basically using the remainder of the season to assess what talent we have. Similar to pre-season. Might as well get some benefit from this lost season.

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I think he'll be better in the NHL than he was in Rochester. Assuming he's put with talent, anyway.

 

Compared to his brother, he has had a very udner whelming AHL season. I believe scouts still rank him highly, otherwise I would be worried we had the Jared Staal

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Compared to his brother, he has had a very udner whelming AHL season. I believe scouts still rank him highly, otherwise I would be worried we had the Jared Staal

His brother played two years in the SHL before hitting the A. Alex had one year of juniors. Hard to directly compare their first seasons as a result.

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Compared to his brother, he has had a very udner whelming AHL season. I believe scouts still rank him highly, otherwise I would be worried we had the Jared Staal

He produced just fine in the WJs, and then he is terrible in Rochester? Makes me wonder what's wrong with Rochester Edited by WildCard
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Compared to his brother, he has had a very udner whelming AHL season. I believe scouts still rank him highly, otherwise I would be worried we had the Jared Staal

 

his brother stayed in Sweden his first draft year I think :p

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Is this not somewhat premature?

Same thing was done with Rinehart and many, many young players. Give him a taste of what the NHL is all about and have him identify what he needs to work on. This is not a surprise.

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Same thing was done with Rinehart and many, many young players. Give him a taste of what the NHL is all about and have him identify what he needs to work on. This is not a surprise.

Probably. I just know he hasn't had the best year in a A. I figured we might not see him this year, so I'm surprised.

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Probably. I just know he hasn't had the best year in a A. I figured we might not see him this year, so I'm surprised.

True. Maybe they just want him to gain some perspective. See what all this work is for. They probably expect him to have his ass handed to him.

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I think he'll be better in the NHL than he was in Rochester. Assuming he's put with talent, anyway.

Why would he get to play w/ talent? He needs to EARN thst opportunity. (As D'lo licks his lips at being winger on the Eichel - O'Reilly line.)

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Probably. I just know he hasn't had the best year in a A. I figured we might not see him this year, so I'm surprised.

 

Hopefully the Sabres "braintrust" won't get this kid injured as they attempt the dog and pony show for the few fans that remain in these last few meaningless games.

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