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Balancing a prospects best interests against team results

Found September 30, 2013 on Blue Seat Blogs:
PLAYERS: Ryan Callahan,  Carl Hagelin,  Derek Stepan,  Chris Kreider,  Oscar Lindberg,  Marek Hrivik,  Danny Kristo
TEAMS: New York Rangers
Could Hrivik be well placed to become a Ranger despite being in the AHL? With the Rangers facing the reality of opening the year without Ryan Callahan for at least a game and Carl Hagelin for much longer – without even considering the lack of practice time for Derek Stepan – would the Rangers be best prepared leaning on the veterans to begin the year? With Jesper Fast and JT Miller tentatively penciled in for the Coyotes game, the Rangers intend to employ two important pieces of their future, now. Neither player figures to be in the top six based on practices and the varied reports from the beat writers. As we saw with Chris Kreider, if a prospect doesn’t deserve to be with the big club, he won’t be. Sometimes even when a prospect deserves to be (as could be argued with all of Oscar Lindberg, Marek Hrivik, Danny Kristo, or Connor Allen) it’s in no ones interest to see those players marginalised for the sake of numbers. So why Miller and Fast? Both players so far have showed a level...
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