What’s old is the disingenuous framing of how NHL rosters are built by someone who knows better. (Obviously not referring ot you) I was being polite with the HS comment.
I’m not arguing Pilut HAD to go to the AHL to develop (At least thats what I’m getting you think from you bringing up the Leafs). Its more cautious/conservative than keeping him up but its not a shocking decision by any means.
He has a long way to go before we can say he’s been kept down there for a lengthy time. He’s only played 10 AHL games.
Its worth mentioning that Pilut’s season last year was a huge breakout year. He jumped from 12 to 38pts. He wasn’t anywhere near that in his previous seasons. After what transpired with Anitpin and Pilut having only one year of this type of play. I’m not surprised they chose to be cautious with his development.
Ya I didn’t mean old as in a boring take, I meant literally old as in conservative from a different nhl, and the Toronto example was less about a specific player and more of an example of what works now in a young mans nhl.
I’m not surprised either, just disappointed. And yes it has only been a ten game start.
Particularly with their defense contracts.
But I just don’t see the internal consistency. Are we sure that Pilut wouldn’t be one of their top 4 defenders? Are we sure Olofsson couldn’t provide more than Thompson?
I think it’s really odd that Olofsson hasn’t gotten a shot with his resume over Thompson for example.
With no track record of development with our management it’s impossible to say, but I haven’t seen a lot of successful nhl teams develop a lot of talent with such inconsistent plans per individual player. It’s a little weird.
Klingberg is obviously the best case scenario, but he tracks well with Pilut. Little draft hype, age 21-22 comes over, gets 10 games in the ahl, puts up 12 points. Stars bring him up and he drops 40 more points in 60 nhl games.
Now who knows if Pilut has the offensive game to translate that well. But his first taste of the ahl tells us he has plenty of talent. Do we really learn more by cautiously letting him destroy the ahl or getting him in action against the competition that matters?
Seems low risk to me. He looks great he stays and gives them a huge boost offensively. He looks just ok or not ready right back to Rochester.
It’d be different if the top six was so steady I didn’t want to shift anyone, but Scandella could use a night off, as could a couple others.