Yzerman's philosophy on prospect development

[timothy]

http://blog.syracuse.com/crunch/2012/07/new_syracuse_crunch_coach_coop.html

“We want to be patient with our young players. We like to leave our first-year guys alone,” he said. “We don’t call up players just for the sake of calling them up. I like to leave guys in one spot whenever we can just to get them acclimated. It’s just part of learning how to be a professional athlete.”

[geoffissiffoeg]

a.k.a. the Detroit "take your time" approach.