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Originally Posted by Ped
Looks like there was some issues back in Utica with how he was developing prospects.
https://theathletic.com/774416/2019/...t-this-season/
- Lukas Jasek’s deployment is a little all over the place, but the Czech rookie is playing more than half of his minutes at 5-on-5 in the middle six. Should Jasek be playing more often than that? As of writing this, Jasek is seventh on the Comets in 5-on-5 points with 16 points and 2.14 5-on-5 points per hour. Another question I can’t help but ask is why Jasek is good enough to play in the Comets top six in about a third of their games, and then sit for a fifth of them? It’s clear that Jasek helps the Comets win hockey games, so if they’re trying to ice a winning lineup, he should probably be in it period.
- What good is this deployment serving Jonah Gadjovich’s development? Gadjovich has played over 40 percent of his matches on the fourth line, most nights with some combination Vincent Arseneau, Brendan Woods and Tony Cameranesi. This is a line with players who wouldn’t be premier talents in the ECHL. The 8.66 estimated 5-on-5 minutes a game that Gadjovich is playing reflects that. Gadjovich has admitted that the step from the OHL to the AHL was more significant than he anticipated. Fair enough. The coaching staff seems to be taking notice. So why is he still there? Would Gadjovich’s development not be better served by playing regularly in the ECHL or even the OHL? It’s hard to imagine it’s worse than playing about eight minutes of hockey with face-punchers every fourth or fifth day. That’s what Gadjovich is doing now.
- It’s Petrus Palmu’s place on that graph that is most frustrating of all. Talk about a wasted opportunity. The Canucks did everything they could to bring Palmu over from the Finnish Liiga (statistically shown to be a more challenging league than the AHL) to the AHL with an entry-level contract and then had to watch him miss close to 60 percent of the games he was available for before returning to Finland. Palmu’s commentary after the fact doesn’t exactly rebuild the shattered confidence many were left with watching this relationship end, for now, so unceremoniously.
I suppose he could have improved since then. The argument could be made none of those guys were anything useful, but that might have had something to do with development. |
In most cases - its just guy's reaching their development limit and playing the level in the line-up they would play in the NHL. Gadjovich has gotten some NHL time with the Sharks of late and he's been basically a 4th line grinder for them.
The other guys were sixth round picks. Kerins as a 6th round Flames pick who put up points in junior spent like 70% of the season in the ECHL. Sometimes you just max out your skills.