Shouldn't hurt to give him a handful of NHL games to start the year though and then send him down to the A if he struggles.
OK. What about the 9 games though? Does he get that?
Maybe if he has a few more games like this one. I just don't get the fascination with putting raw kids into the league because they had a decent game against a largely b squad in preseason.
This isn't like Perfetti who dominated every level he played at before breaking in.