In this day and age, it seems organizations tend to baby their draft picks with long starts in their minor league system and management expressing the need to have their youngsters develop. General managers will say how important it is for a young player to play a high amount of minutes, in all game situations down in the minors. Bottom line is that minutes with the pro club won’t be as beneficial.
This season Filip Chytil finds himself in a very unique situation. This is due to how he made the NHL club out of training camp. Additionally, keeping a young player like Chytil with the junior club allows some play with his Entry Level Contract, which seems to play a big role when a team is making a decision for their pro roster.