LaP
Registered User
I know but Mete is more of a liability now. Last year he was holding his own. Kotkaniemi is holding his own. You send down a kid when he cant keep up. Kotkaniemi will stay because we want him to stay and develop as you say but most fans now think that Mete would hugely benefit from a lot of icetime in Laval.
It's the case with a lot of young dmen. It's very rare that a dman is NHL ready without playing at least 160 games in the NHL. You don't learn to play against Crosby and McJesus by playing against Byron Fraise and Logan Chat. It's a process. Now if later in the season he really **** *** then yeah. Specially if you can find takers for two of Alzner, Benn and Schlemko and Kulak is playing well. But sending Mete down while icing two of Benn, Alzner and Schlemko on a daily basis just doesn't mate any sense to me. It's very dangerous that the kids will see this as favoritism.