TK 421
Barbashev eats babies pass it on
- Sep 12, 2007
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At least this switch is occurring early in the season. Lots of guys have spent this developmental year in the CHL and not missed a beat becoming NHL ready. However, the entire situation makes me think he's farther away than the board draft discussion cumulative opinions expressed.
Could be that he's farther away than '24-'25 which was the earliest projected timetable. Maybe he doesn't become an NHL player until '25-'26 and spends all of '24-'25 with Springfield.
Wouldn't surprise me if he ended up with Springfield for 30-40 games and it also wouldn't surprise me to see him make the Blues out of camp. He really does have a big range of potential outcomes and the silver lining is that this change represents a reset for Dvorsky who's been playing up against older pros since he was 15. He's now in a stable development situation for a critical year and I'm grateful his season's been saved, lets hope that stability leads to a strong D+1 where he adjusts to NA ice and pace.