Redder Winger
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If he is such a damn certainty to be able to stick as a 3C at 19 and a certainty to grow into more... why in the hell were people deriding this pick so much?
Who's certain about it?
This is predicated on how he finishes the season, progresses in the offseason and then plays in the prospect tournament, camp and preseason.
I lose track on this...
I'm not surprised.
All I am saying is make him prove it in international tournaments and in camp. Make him earn it like Larkin did. If he's that same level of "I don't belong in this league" that Larkin was in his AHL playoffs and "I do belong in this league" when he went stride for stride with Anze Kopitar, by all means make him a 3C.
Who isn't saying "Make him prove it."
But Rasmussen isn't going to play for the World championship teams. He won't even get a sniff.
The way I see it, I am not interested in watching a 19 year old make flailing, positional type mistakes in the NHL, not when he could be getting direct coaching, oodles of playing time, and such out of the spot light. I also, even though he does not have documented issues with it like Mantha or AA did, do not want a prospect getting hurried up to the big time to see other guys slack off or play poorly and wonder why his ice time is cut and not Justin Abdelkader's or Luke Glendening's.
He'll get more coaching at the NHL level than any other level. THe best video coaching. The best skills coaching.
The problem of shitty veterans always getting icetime no matter how awful they are should go away, to some extent, when Holland fires Blashill.
Hell, optimal world, everyone wants Blashill, Holland, the whole shot gone. I'd rather not have a 19 year old kid up in the big leagues on a really crappy team with no stability anywhere.
You're grasping at straws.