both Tkachuk and Monahan stepped into the NHL from Juniors right after the draft - one could argue Bennett would have if he wasn't injured but he still did technically go back for another year in Juniors albeit a short year.
Edmonton consistently rushed players into the show year after year after year and went as far as 39 games for Draisaitl before finally realizing he needed more time - same goes for Pool party. It seems like they finally learned that you can't just throw every top 3 drafted player into the NHL right away.
There is no question this stunted some of the growth in your younger players and also put Edmonton into contract binds down the road as the ELC years followed to quickly on these higher end players.
Yakupov was destroyed by starting to early in the NHL, RNH I think has stalled at this point in his career and is putting up mediocre numbers for a 1st overall.
Its nice having a Monahan or Tkachuk step in right away -- or in your case a Hall or a McDavid -- they are the exception to the rule but to start every high end pick right away in the NHL seems like a reckless way to manage talent/players. Hall was good to go, McDavid was obviously ready too but players like RNH, Yak, Draisaitl and Pool Party were exposed to the NHL far too soon IMO.
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