This makes no sense whatsoever from a development standpoint.
Jarmo is a junk GM.
Lol. Right.
Panarin, Jones, Wennberg, Milano, Bjorkstrand, Nuttivara, Carlsson, PLD, Hannikainen all say otherwise.
Having the youngest team in the NHL and being in the race for the presidents trophy last season says otherwise.
Coming into this season with an even younger team and still in contention for top team in the metro and the league says otherwise.
I really hope you're missing a
As far as development goes Abramov is in the same situation PLD is in. They need to be in the AHL getting top line minutes. Neither of them are eligible. What separates PLD and Abramov is their size and play style. PLD obviously has the size and style to make the NHL team in a bottom 6 capacity, Abramov, if he's not scoring, with his size isn't much use against men just as fast and wayyyy bigger and smarter than he's use to. He's going to need a season or two in the AHL before he's ready for the NHL.
Competing against kids 3 years in a row is absurdity. He needs to wakeup that the NHL is never going to give him a chance and make some money while he can.
We gave up on Marchessault too early and he's turned into much more than a career AHLer which many(myself included) thought he would be.
Ffs the kid isn't even 20. Milano is just now getting his first chance to solidfy his spot on the team. Abramov is going to have to force his way onto the jackets roster and its not going to be handed to him.
The days of the jackets throwing prospects into the fire are long gone.