But see my friend “raising the question” is not fair to the prospects as people who haven’t been following the prospects prior to playing at this level may not know which questions to ask.

The number one thing I see that most fans don’t realize is with each progression up the ladder, the game speeds up almost 5X than what they have ever played.

Take Thomas who last season was playing on an Oshawa team almost destroyed by injuries. Thomas was finding himself as the old man on a team full of 16-17 year olds.

Fast forward to today and Thomas is now playing with and against adults. From big man on campus to one of the team is a change a player has to adjust to.

And you can point a finger at the CT Whale coaches (and IMO the Rangers too) as why did it take so long to put Thomas on the power play point? Thomas has only been doing that for 3 seasons in the OHL.

In other words the coaches are also learning what they have in their players (which is the answer to why Germander has been using mostly veterans).

Ken Germander is weaning the kids into the lineup while balancing the need to also win games and draw fans to make some money for the franchise.

The season is only 12 games old and 9 players on the roster are in their first season at the AHL level. There is an adjustment period to the higher level of play.

Relax Chris no need to worry about this after just 12 games.

Please remember, the game played by the Whale, is the same as played by the mother club, so just give them time to adjust to it!!!!