You say Tage could create more given the chance, but he has had as much of a chance as Jaskin this season. Jaskin has gotten an extra game, but Tage has gotten twice as much PP time. Jaskin has created 7 scoring chances for himself vs 4 for Tage. 4 of Jaskin's were high danger v 1 for Tage. Jaskin has drawn 2 penalties and created 1 rebound vs 0 on both for Tage. Jaskin has been on the ice for 33 scoring chances v 14 for Tage. High Danger chances are even more lopsided. And let's not talk about defensive stats. Jaskin leads the team in Scoring chance for percentage, high Danger SCF%, and CF%. He doesn't do a lot of fancy things. His shot isn't great. He is very slow, but he is excellent in a support role. Schenn and Schwartz produced the best with him on their line for a reason. Jaskin has had numerous chances because he does things well that allow him to stick around and get those chances. Its not because Yeo suddenly thinks he is suddenly going to sprout wings and fly. There is nothing wrong with allowing Tage to develop in the AHl for a time. Kid's only 19. It would do well to give him some confidence scoring against men at a lower level, rather than having him muck it out in the NHL before he is fully ready.
I didn't say there is anything wrong with Tage being sent down to develop. I agree with that 100%. If he's not playing enough here, definitely send him down to get those minutes. There's a very good reason I'm not a scout or coach, so you're correct on my eye test maybe being faulty, but I would rather see Tage than Jaskin so my pov because of the fact that Tage has a MUCH higher ceiling and potential than Jaskin, so again, I think he should be playing more than Jaskin. Tage was also given more PP time on the 2nd unit which didn't really play as much as the 1st. Jaskin should have been on that 2nd PP with Thompson instead of Sundqvist imo, but again, we're not coaches. Having Tage "muck" it out in the NHL could benefit greater than in AHL due to harder competition and higher end players to learn from, imo, but obviously that's not always how it works.
I'm believing that for a team struggling to score goals, Jaskin isn't who they need for the exact reasons you stated. With all the stats you pointed to for why Jaskin is better, please tell me if he created more of those opportunities with Schenn and Schwartz or without? Seems to me Schenn and Schwartz would have garnered more of the defensive attention than Jaskin, making it easier for him to create opportunities. Same could be said for someone playing close with Tarasenko. I think Jaskin is an excellent support player for this team, but I don't like seeing him above a 3RW position.
Based on early play (and backed by Tierney's tweet above and the stats you mentioned), I did think Jaskin was doing fine on the RW side of Schenn and Schwartz but I also think that's it's because of Schwartz and Schenn's play more so than Jaskin's. Why would Jaskin have been moved off that line and down to the third? To get Tage, Paajarvi, or another player "going"? As soon as Jaskin was moved off that line, I think his play went down...why wasn't it consistent? I'm not uncomfortable with Jaskin playing, but I don't think he's who should be on the wing of either Stastny's or Schenn's line. Neither should Paajarvi for that matter, but here we sit becasue Fabbri is hurt and Steen is hurt.
You're going to defend Jaskin being there and possibly believe I'm a blooming ****ing idiot and that's fine. As I've stated above, I would rather see Tage based on his potential. However, much like the reason Thomas and Kyrou were sent down (to be "the guy" on their teams and get those style of reps in), I would agree Tage could use some of the same seasoning in AHL. I just thought that if he had been given the same number of games and time with better players like Jaskin was playing with, maybe he could have done something more. I look back at some of the plays I saw Tage start or try to create and Sundqvist or Paajarvi basically pooped themselves and couldn't finish and I asked myself, what if? I couldn't find a site that told me the time each spent on a line with Schenn and Schwartz, but if I'm not mistaken, Tage spent CONSIDERABLY less, so I don't think that quoting stats can always give you the full picture. Again, my opinion and I enjoy a spirited debate. We're all fans of the same team LGB!!!