Why the obsession with absolutes on this board?
I'm stating that some prospects could be broken mentally by a 9 game stint in the NHL when they are nowhere near ready, therefore there should always be caution about which prospects you do this with. The rebuttals have been "well that didn't happen to Barzal".
Do people truly believe that there could be no long-term harm done ever by a 9 game stint for an 18/19 year old that isn't ready? People talk out of one side of their mouth about player development and then suggest that it's impossible to affect a teenager's development with a couple of games.
As for OkimLom, did you read my original response or just the one you quoted?
With respect to Cozens next season, I doubt that he would be mentally broken if he got a nine game stint here and then returned to his CHL club.
Personally, I doubt his development will be made or broken by a nine game cameo at the beginning of next season.
I don't believe his development will be hurt at all if he is returned to the CHL again next season.
I believe that his development has a chance of being hurt if he is a Sabre next season. I don't believe that that is a guarantee, however.
Given how player development has gone lately, I have no issue if they take the slow approach to Cozens. But, a nine game cameo isn't a huge factor one way or the other, IMO.