They hired Houle for his developmental skills to begin with. The GM and the coaching staff will always talk about development but Hughes himself said more than once he will not get involved in day to day roster or coaching decisions. Houle was the one who had to decide who to use and in what situation. The article you posted quotes Houle saying he was pleased to be able to balance that decision making process. So now you are saying we draft Reinbacher and that is going to change all of a sudden? If Reinbacher plays in Laval he will get the icetime he merits and Hughes will not tell Houle how to deploy him. Just like he didn't tell Marty St Louis how to deploy his players. Houle has an entire team to try and develop and one of the worst things he could do is to give unwarranted minutes to a raw rookie. Which is why I questioned your theory that we can tell Houle how many minutes to give x player and to deploy them in y situation. We can't and we won't not for Reinbacher and not for anyone else. Reinbacher will have to earn his stripes and work his way up the heirarchy himself.
