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Originally Posted by Talks to Goalposts
So he's finally made that step forward. Great. That's a recent enough development that he's still probably not up for NHL ice. I was talking about guys that have actually established themselves as top niners in the AHL, not just made the step (as you said, he's playing his best hockey of his career, which means he's ridding hot right now, not playing at a level he's established himself at).
The gap between the NHL and the AHL is huge.
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I'm agree with that step between the NHL and AHL. But it's an individual case for each player. I remember Pierre Sevigny and Patrick Poulin who were great players in Junior/AHL but can't translate it to the NHL. It's obviously the same thing for Palushaj. At the opposite, a player like Michael Ryder was bad at the AHL level and he become a solid 2nd liner in the NHL.