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Should we send him down or should we keep him up? We've all been asking this question to ourselves regarding 3 young players - Evan Bouchard, Kailer Yamamoto, and Jesse Puljujarvi.
Imo:
Bouch - send down, give him 1 more year to iron out some kinks and play top 4 in 2019-20. Another developmental year where he focuses on skating and defense will make him a better player in the long run. Also, this would mean that he's most likely exempt from the Seattle expansion and his elc slides.
Yamo - send down, he needs to mature physically some more and focus on making better and quicker decisions (could also work on his shot more). Also, probably exempt from Seattle expansion if he is sent down and again, elc slide.
Pulju - keep him up/maybe send him down for a few games for confidence building. Imo we need to staple him to McNuge and see what we have. He has produced with these 2 (Mcjesus in particular) and his fancies look good with them. Give him a longer leash so he isnt worried about making mistakes and playing scared that he'll be benched. If he doesnt play well then send him to Bako and be patient with the big guy.
Roster Moves: call up Bear, waive Garrison, call up Gravel
Trade a 2nd for a middle 6 winger (Dzingel/Nyquist/Silf), trade away Kassian/Benning for a bag of pucks
Lineup:
Nuge - Mcdavid - Pulju/Rattie
Rieder - Drai - Trade Acquisition
Lucic - Strome - Caggiula/Marody
Khaira - Brodziak - Chiasson
Klefbom - Larsson
Nurse - Russel
Gravel - Bear
Talbot
Koskinen
What would you do? Discuss!
Imo:
Bouch - send down, give him 1 more year to iron out some kinks and play top 4 in 2019-20. Another developmental year where he focuses on skating and defense will make him a better player in the long run. Also, this would mean that he's most likely exempt from the Seattle expansion and his elc slides.
Yamo - send down, he needs to mature physically some more and focus on making better and quicker decisions (could also work on his shot more). Also, probably exempt from Seattle expansion if he is sent down and again, elc slide.
Pulju - keep him up/maybe send him down for a few games for confidence building. Imo we need to staple him to McNuge and see what we have. He has produced with these 2 (Mcjesus in particular) and his fancies look good with them. Give him a longer leash so he isnt worried about making mistakes and playing scared that he'll be benched. If he doesnt play well then send him to Bako and be patient with the big guy.
Roster Moves: call up Bear, waive Garrison, call up Gravel
Trade a 2nd for a middle 6 winger (Dzingel/Nyquist/Silf), trade away Kassian/Benning for a bag of pucks
Lineup:
Nuge - Mcdavid - Pulju/Rattie
Rieder - Drai - Trade Acquisition
Lucic - Strome - Caggiula/Marody
Khaira - Brodziak - Chiasson
Klefbom - Larsson
Nurse - Russel
Gravel - Bear
Talbot
Koskinen
What would you do? Discuss!
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