Agree with most except who is an example of a Russian who was ruined with being given too much icetime?
Nichushkin was rushed into playing on the first line in Dallas while he was obviously not ready. Dallas eventually learned from their mistake and now look Gurianov has 17pts these playoffs, Nichushkin has 3. On the other side Gusev in his breakout 70+pts season in the KHL played around 15 minutes per game, not 18 or 20. Sometimes less is more. Sticking to mantras is always dangerous. More icetime does not equal better development.
Also playing 20 minutes a game in a worse league might hurt development more than sitting in the press box , but practicing with the big team and being taught by it's coaches. A year and a half in juniors did not do any favors to Rubtsov for example. He's had the icetime and the points, but he was playing on a much lower level than he could have.
Podkolzin is doing just fine playing in the KHL as a regular at this age. And not throwing too many inutesand assignments a him might be good at this point. Right now their line is pretty defunct after clicking last season. It happens. Bragin has already started looking for options(and caused a huge moan on here, 'cause "our boy has to play on the top line" and stuff). People also forget that the whole line's icetime is also dependant on their performance. If they started scoring goals, their icetime would also go up.
