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Sarge said:In my mind, Eakins with the Marlies over ~ twice as many games with the little club is going to do much more for the overall development of the organization than Eakins with the big club for ~ half the time.
There's just as little a basis for that. Eakins has spent a lot of time with that club. What he has to teach, he's probably already taught. I doubt he's been holding anything out for the last stretch drive.
On the flip side, most of the guys on the big club haven't been coached by Eakins and making an actual changing of the guard at the top, as opposed to promoting Gordon, might inspire a tear.
I don't have a strong opinion on whether or not the team should promote Eakins necessarily, I just don't think the nebulous value of a deep Calder Cup run or the frankly crazy notion that a NHL team shouldn't care about developing the guys on it's roster should be the rationale.