pucka lucka
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If the organization has determined that Morrissey, Ehlers and Petan aren't ready than I will take their word for it and trust their judgement. They have made the correct call with both Trouba and Scheifele. If they feel that Lowry is the more ready and better suited prospect for the current opening than I will defer to them. IMO they have earned the benefit of the doubt in this regard so far.
As for the individual prospects in question:
Morrissey had an average camp. While he was better than Ellerby and likely equal to Pardy, Postma's performance last night shut the door for him. The Jets at the moment have better players a head of him and Pardy is the perfect guy to sit in the pressbox. He's close but not quite close enough yet.
Ehlers: Tremendous skill, but he showed that his game still has some wrinkles in it that need to be ironed out. Those are best addressed playing 20 minutes a night in the CHL.
Petan- Had a strong camp and in past years likely would have made the team, but we have a far deeper top 9 this year and there was only on spot open in which management elected to go with another young player.
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That's fine, but I won't. Petan is and was better than many players that will be on the roster this year, along with the potential to get much better.