You literally posted a lot of draw backs in your post. Theres a possibility that hes stuck as a third line winger because its a mens team that doesnt care about player development and has a lot of competition for ice time. So you get a third line winger role, with no PP for a guy who you want to develop his offensive side of the game. Its also a bigger ice rink which leads to players developing habits sometimes where they think they have more time than they do. It happened with Berggren this year and luckily he adjusted as the season went along
If Kasper came to the AHL and those exact same things happened everyone would flip out, even though its professional hockey with internal competition and veteran players as teammates
How exactly the reasons i posted are drawbacks?
CHL player has to be signed two years after he is drafted. European player 4 years, much more room to control the development.
OHL/WHL/QMJHL are still junior leagues and there are players there who can't never make it in to any pro league in the world. Many pro's in Europe can never make it in to the NHL but many of them can still have a career that most of the CHL kids can not even dream of. This is basically like a real life job, you have just graduated and the boss pairs you up with a veteran who has 15 years of experience. You will learn a lot more from him/her, than you will learn from a another kid who just graduated.
European can play in the AHL immediately, CHL player has to be 20 years old. What a stupid rule.
You talk like 3rd liner plays like 4 min per game, you know better than that. 11 minutes per game in the pro league is better than 18 minutes in the junior league. If Kasper gets stucked in the 3rd line, then he would just have to work harder. Coach Abbott will give the minutes, if Kasper deserves them. Wallinder started the season with 8 min per game and finished the season with 18 min per game. Same was for Seider, first few games 15 or so min per game and +20 rest of the year. It's in Kasper's hand's.
Finally are a real drawback. Yes, some European players have a bad habit to think that they have more time than they actually have on small ice. But experience will fix that and luckily Red Wings have drafted high hockey-IQ players, they understand the time and space themselves. But big rinks are a drawback, game is much more entertaining on small ice.
But Berggren is a bad comp, because Kasper doesn't play like Berggren.
Just replying to someone who says theres literally no draw backs to European pro leagues while shitting on other leagues. Each league has their pros and cons
Im not shitting on any leagues, friend. I was just making a case that in this case, Kasper moving to OHL is a bad move and SHL is better for his development. Kasper has played in pro leagues almost two years now, he has nothing to gain in the junior leagues. Kasper's next step is to become top-6 center in SHL.
So the player who played in juniors ended up the better player in the NHL sooner and the player who played pro with veterans, leadership, etc is struggling badly in the NHL?
Hughes have natural god given talent, something what can not be taugh. Like most of the 1st overall picks and Kakko was called to play in the NHL too early, like i said already and that's why he is struggling. Extra year or two in Europe would have been better developmental route. Speaking of the Rangers, Lafreniere.... 2-time CHL player of the year, hasn't exactly lighted the world on fire in NHL.
Lol, I'm literally just throwing a wrench at ya. Not because I disagree that Rogle is a great place for Kasper, simply because your so close-minded and absolutely certain on the idea that there couldn't possibly be any advantages outside of Rogle.
For Kasper, Rögle is the right place and the only place for now. In last two years Kasper has played 87(+7 IIHF worlds) pro games, transfer from SHL to OHL is a step back. Kasper needs to take a next step as a pro hockey player, a junior league can not help him with that.
So many prospects take such different paths, there is really no telling what the best receipt is for any particular player. Some players could really benefit playing in Jr leagues, other players should be in pro leagues. Yes, they have to learn pro at some point, but some players benifit from working on things in Jr's building confidence by playing big minutes, top PP, being the guy, putting up lots of points. Instead of being a passenger on a team trying to simplify their game just to keep afloat. There is a reason why many teams avoid bringing in skilled prospects to the NHL roster if they aren't ready for a skilled role. Same thing can happen in the SHL or AHL. It just depends on the player.
This is what we can agree of. Every player is a individual but for a european prospect, who has played pro league games in a steady role at the age of 17/18 doesn't need to go back to junior leagues. Player like Buchelnikov would benefit a lot more from junior leagues.
