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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
Still hard to fathom that we have Oliver Kylington playing on our farm team as an 18 year old, fresh off of being drafted late in round 2.
Nice to see him get off to a nice start as well.
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It seems to be the latest trend in player development. Kylington is the youngest and only 18 yo this year. Remember we may have been one of the 1st with when we sent Sieloff in his draft +2 season when he still had 2 years of jr available.
Last year however, Nylander, Fiala, Pastrnak and Honka as well as some I'm sure I'm unaware of all played as 18 year olds.
This year Kempe, Kapenen and Kapenen to name a few are all playing in their draft +2 seasons*.
*(these players are considered underagers unlike Poirer for example who also played in his draft +2 season but since he was an overager in his draft year he had already extinguished all his junior eligibility not taking into account a overage season which no 1st rounder has used since Bryan Marchment in the 80s)
Anyways I really like this decision as it has seemed to pay dividends for other players in similar situations.