Comments on: TSM’s New Blogger- Neil Smith http://torontosportsmedia.com/toronto-maple-leafs-hockey/tsms-new-blogger-neil-smith/665 Keeping an eye on the daily beat Sat, 20 Mar 2010 13:36:39 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Neil http://torontosportsmedia.com/toronto-maple-leafs-hockey/tsms-new-blogger-neil-smith/665/comment-page-1#comment-424 Neil Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:03:37 +0000 http://torontosportsmedia.wordpress.com/?p=665#comment-424 He seems to be improving quite quickly since opening night when I thought he seemed tentative. It is a difficult decision for the GM to make whether to keep a young kid up or send him back to Jr. for more seasoning. I don't think it has ever hurt a player to be sent back to Junior for another season or two. On the other hand there are many examples of kids rushed into the NHL by teams only to stumble and not reach their potential later in their career. I lean towards biting the bullet and sending the kids back rather than taking a chance of hurting their development by putting too much pressure on them too early. He seems to be improving quite quickly since opening night when I thought he seemed tentative. It is a difficult decision for the GM to make whether to keep a young kid up or send him back to Jr. for more seasoning. I don’t think it has ever hurt a player to be sent back to Junior for another season or two. On the other hand there are many examples of kids rushed into the NHL by teams only to stumble and not reach their potential later in their career. I lean towards biting the bullet and sending the kids back rather than taking a chance of hurting their development by putting too much pressure on them too early.

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