Big Ev wrote:Here's the thing though. If you give him 9 games and then he returns to Djurgarden, he will only be able to play 40 SEL games since they have already been playing for 2 weeks. If you keep him here, he will be able to play in 73 games.
Maybe it would be better, then, to give him 4-5 games now and, if he's not blowing everyone away, send him back to Sweden, and bring him up for the other 5-4 games at the tail end of the season. Assuming we're sellers at the trade deadline there will be more room in the lineup for him.