Evidence for those who think we are rushing our kids... Since the 16 draft and forward and not even including this season (Suzuki, Fleury, Poehling, Primeau), Habs draft picks have played the most NHL games. Ranks like this
Habs: 358 games*** (10th in draft power) (KK, Mete, 2018/2016)
Devils: 339 games (1st in draft power) (Nico Hischier, 2017)
Coyotes: 338 games (11th in draft power) (Clayton Keller, Jacob Chycrun 2016)
Flames: 273 games (24th in draft power) (Matthew Tkachuk, 2016)
Jets: 242 games (17th in draft power) (Patrick Laine, 2016)
Leafs: 227 games (3rd in draft power) (Auston Matthews, 2016)
Blackhawks: 206 games (12th in draft power) (Alex Debrincat, 2016)
Blues: 192 games (23rd in draft power) (Tage Thompson, 2016)
Sabres: 184 games (2nd in draft power) (Mittelstadt, 2017; Dahlin, 2018)
Flyers: 176 games (9th in draft power) (Nolan Patrick, 2017)
Oilers: 172 games (13th in draft power) (Jesse Puljularvi, 2017)
Wings: 169 games (8th in draft power) (Rasmussen,Hronek and Cholowski , 2016/2017)