Would developing players on the Moose not be draft and develop? No reason players shouldn't develop their pro games in the AHL. Seems to have worked well for the Red Wings.
Yes...of course it would...that's my point...it's in no one's best interest for Laine, Connor, Lemieux, Petan, Dano, Lipon, Armia, Lowry, Copp or Tanev's to be watching any more than a handful of games from upstairs.
That SHOULD be Thorburn's role at this point in his career. The projected bottom 6 & the extra 1 or 2 forwards are all in their very early 20's. If they aren't playing regularly, they should be playing for the Moose.
I certainly don't have the hate on for Thor that many do. I've found him adequate in a 4th line role & always understood the Jets lack of depth during injuries elevated him to a top 9 role where he was often out of place. Now that our forward depth is as strong as it is, I doubt we'll ever see him play anywhere other than RW4.
As for Peluso, there's no room for him on the Moose roster let alone the Jets.
1) Ehlers / Scheifele / Wheeler
2) Laine / Little / Stafford
3) Perrault / Burmistrov / Dano
4) Matthias / Lowry / Armia
1) Connor / Petan / Kosmochuk
2) Lemieux / De Leo / Lipon
3) Tanev / Copp / Lodge
4) Howden / Olson / Fronk
There's barely room for Blomquist. Pretty sure it's "Tulsa Time" for someone, particularly if Cormier returns to captain this squad.