I noted last night that the Bruins are well over 100 games played by rookies this year. That's not an unusual number.
The Tampa Bay Lightning are the best team in the league and they play 3 rookies per night regularly - Mathieu Joseph (11:38 TOI), Cirelli (played 18 games last year, 14:36 TOI), and Cernak (17:59). They do this thing where they alternate their defenseman and Cernak plays 2 out of 3 games.
Joseph is a year younger than NAK, drafted a year and two rounds later (120th overall) and had a similar year in the AHL last year (53 points in 70 games).
Cernak is 4 months younger than Myers and has played 9 fewer AHL games with 20 fewer points (45 to 25).
The Tampa Bay Lightning are the best team in the league and they play 3 rookies per night regularly - Mathieu Joseph (11:38 TOI), Cirelli (played 18 games last year, 14:36 TOI), and Cernak (17:59). They do this thing where they alternate their defenseman and Cernak plays 2 out of 3 games.
Joseph is a year younger than NAK, drafted a year and two rounds later (120th overall) and had a similar year in the AHL last year (53 points in 70 games).
Cernak is 4 months younger than Myers and has played 9 fewer AHL games with 20 fewer points (45 to 25).