No one arguing that he should be going to going to WJC now, but last year… your point is that Poitras isn’t in a important role so it ok to go to WJC every player is different but your making a argument against your self and making my point Slaf was not being used in a significant role why wasn’t the WJC an option, we are talking about missing like 4 games. Slaf has always been pretty good defensively it him being timid and hesitant that is he issue these 4 NHL didn’t move the Needle at all to integrate the line up or having NHL habite.
I'm not arguing against myself, i'm arguing that Poitras' situation this year, with the Bruins, in his first WJC, is not the same situation as Slafkovsky last year, on the Habs, having already played in a WJC (not to mention a WC and Olympics) there was nothing to be gained from sending him there other than allowing fans to watch him for a few weeks.
I would have started him in the AHL last year but they decided otherwise, it's just time to accept that decision and to stop acting like it changed the course of his career.
It didn't.
When your have to make a decision you have to consider all possible outcome sometime not hurting is the best option…
best case going to to WJC finding is swag and coming back a impact player,
Going to WJC having a good Tourney but not having having any immediate impact in the NHL
Going to WJC having a bad tourney and not having a impact in the NHL
Going to the WJC and having a career ending injury
There a bunch of result in between but the most probable outcome was good play at WJC little to no immediate impact for the NHL, (except a bit a of positive vibe) when your looking for the outcome of playing these 4 NHL,
I would say that him instantly becoming a impact player was less likely and him being injured was more likely vs. WJC and the most likely result was zero impact and that isn’t in hindsight that would have been the evaluation at the time…
So what would have been the point, if the team was trying to integrate him into an NHL lineup and for him to learn to master NHL style habits?
He had play WJC has a underager with a team that had no shot at winning, he could have lead a team to a goal medal it isn’t the same and overall could have been a positive, in a season where there was a lot of negativity around him.
We can't pick and choose when these WJC runs matter and when they don't. Throughout history, there have players who went to the WJC and won gold and were never heard from again, there are some who used that platform to propel themselves to NHL stardom, etc.
It's a 3 week tournament, it's a tiny part of a prospects season...I think we've overrated it's significance, especially in Canada where it's become tradition and TSN keeps pumping the idea that you have to be at this tournament or else your doomed.
It's really not that deep.
I’m not trying to convince you that they should have sent him ( even if that is my opinion) I just trying to get you to acknowledge that is was a viable option it isn’t crazy thinking it probably closer to 50/50. Boston sending Poitras by you own assessment make a point that maybe he should have…
I don't agree they should have sent him but I understand why fans wanted/want to see it.
Again for Poitras though, it's a totally different situation.
Never underestimate the level of confidence that racking up points against lesser competition can deliver to a fan desperate to see a "tank" work out.
lol oh I know this is entirely about easing insecurities and nothing to do with actual development.
Look how a good tournament made Joshua Roy's fans confident.
It's funny, Joshua Roy has been one of the most productive Montreal Canadiens prospect at the WJC, if not the most productive.
He's still learning what it is to be a pro right now...WJCs are cool, they're hardly the magic pill people make it out to be.
Amateur is one thing...being a professional hockey player is a whole other, the former can't replicate the latter.
