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I just don't see a whole lot of teams requiring their 1st rounders to play themselves up from the NHL 4th line. They seem to let them develop elsewhere until they're confident that they can put them in an elevated NHL role and succeed. Having Staal playing well and Koivu entrenched was a great excuse to go a little slower with Eriksson Ek.
I completely agree, I just don’t think it had THAT big of an effect in the long run. Maybe he’s a 30-40 point player instead of a 20-30?