Should The Preds Re-assign Colin Wilson?

Our man in Milwaukee, Ryan Miller, opened this discussion over at Ads Roundtable. I wasn't able to participate due to holiday travel, but for my $0.02, I think it's telling that with all the injuries up the middle, we haven't seen at least a temporary battlefield promotion for Wilson to center guys like Dumont and/or Erat. If the Preds want him to contribute offensively, send him down for a bit to get him going. If they want to focus on his long-term development instead, he'd get more playing time down there, anyway. What do you think should be done with Willy?

over 1 year ago Dirk Hoag 5 comments 0 recs |

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if he is not doing the job and cannot get enuf playing time then send him for a stint but does he have to go thru waivers? what will this do to his mental state? i think that at this point he should be given the playing time in Nashville for a game and see what he can do with it and maybe he wont need the trip

by Wendy H on Nov 27, 2010 9:28 AM EST reply actions

No, he would not have to clear waivers

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by Dirk Hoag on Nov 27, 2010 10:24 AM EST up reply actions

It looks like Wilson needs to find his game and a stint with the Admirals could do him a world of good. Something isn’t working and we’ve got NHL ready players in MIlwaukee that can step in a defensive and penalty kill specialists. If we can ice a defensive and a shutdown line then maybe we can free up O’Reilly’s and Goc’s lines to start producing again.

by 3DLink on Nov 27, 2010 10:00 AM EST reply actions

Well said.

by XVIII on Nov 27, 2010 10:12 AM EST via mobile up reply actions

Did we really waste a #1 draft pick to make this guy a grinder? It sure seems so. If he’s going to continue in that role let him stay; not much difference in that role between the AHL and the NHL. But if you want him to center a scoring line send him down until he shows he can do exactly that.

by shoot the puck on Nov 28, 2010 9:43 PM EST reply actions