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Well, if we all waited until we had the total picture of every player before forming an opinion, then this would be a pretty quiet place!
And on one hand you're saying "the jury is still out" and on the other you're proclaiming that "Jets management knew what they were doing" with Stanley and Niku. Not sure we can make that determination if the jury is still out.
Did they know what they were doing handling Laine and Roslovic?
Maurice sent Connor down to the Moose because he wasn't ready when a bunch of people here thought he had a great camp and preseason - then Perreault gets injured and miraculously Connor was ready...I guess he needed one more week of AHL seasoning. If he'd been blocked for another year or forced to work his way up from the bottom 6 I wonder what team would he be scoring goals for today?
And what metric doesn't show Ehlers to be the best winger on the Jets - yet Maurice plays him less, sticks him on PP2 and feeds the press horseshit about "sweet spots" for TOI minutes and that Ehlers wants to be on the second unit getting a quarter of the powerplay ice time.
Geez, it just seem like a couple of months ago Maurice was saying young players wouldn't be sitting on the taxi squad...well I guess Vesa, Gus, Harkins and Stanley are getting up there - into their early 20s. I mean, we can't have those guys taking time away from the Nate Thompsons of the world. Thompson was shitty in his prime...but now he's 35!
But I guess Jets management know what they're doing. After all, 2 playoff series wins in 10 years - you can't argue with results...
Connor did not have a great camp and pre-season. A lot of people here thought he belonged based on the previous season. He had a disappointing TC and pre-season by my memory. Sending him down was exactly the right thing to do. Not because he needed 4 games of AHL seasoning but because he needed a kick in the ass. Fortunately, he responded well and was quite ready when he was called back up.
Edit: Otherwise agree though.