hockey365 wrote:
They're not going to give a 16 year old 1st pair minutes right away. He has to earn his ice time playing a few shifts on the 3rd pair until McFarland can trust him to play 15+ minutes a night. In fact none of the D (other than Chychrun of course) just drafted are playing a whole lot.
I agree but it is early in the season and he shouldn't be in the press box or playing 3 shifts a game....He is still only 15 though and won't turn 16 until Dec. time will tell if he is enjoying his role or wants out which would hurt the franchise in getting players to show up again.