Draisaitl's a poor comparable because he wasn't already playing (and excelling) against men prior to being drafted, and if he was a good comparable he'd prove my point because he jumped immediately to the NHL and was only sent back to Kelowna after half an NHL season when it was clear that he wasn't emotionally ready, essentially.
Even more support for Carlsson starting in the NHL.
Okay, please stop acting like your point can be proven. It is anecdotal at best.
There are good examples of euro players that played against men prior to be drafted.
Some went straight to the NHL and it didn't work.
Some didn't go straight to the NHL and it didn't work.
Some went straight to the NHL and it worked.
Some didnt go straight to the NHL and it worked.
Barkov: NHL - success
Elias Lindholm: NHL - questionable. Didn't have a good season over 45 points until age 24 after being traded.
Rantanen: AHL - success
Nylander: AHL/SHL - success
Puljujärvi: NHL/AHL - failure
Laine: NHL - Success
Matthews: NHL - Success
Lias Andersson: AHL/SHL - failure
Elias Pettersson: SHL - success
Heiskanen: Liiga - Success
Kravtsov: KHL - failure
Kotkaniemi: NHL - failure
Dahlin: NHL - success
Broberg: SHL - failure
Seider: AHL - success
Kakko: NHL - failure
Stutzle: NHL - success
Raymond: SHL - success
Slafkovsky: NHL - failure
There is no one size fits all. Every player is different. I just prefer to play it safe since I think he still has more to learn in the SHL/AHL.
Nothing to do with shame, people are just assuming he should be sent back because they're afraid of an adverse outcome, and the only support for it is the stupid scrimmage. If you described just his accomplishments and pedigree stripped of the context that people are disappointed he's not Fantilli and the 3-on-3 scrimmage, it wouldn't really be a debate. He'd be penciled in to the starting lineup with the condition that he shows he really is ready in camp/preseason.
Just for reference, my opinion has absolutely nothing to do with the development camp and you can go look at my past posts to back that up.
I think players get hurt by being rushed to the NHL more often then they get hurt by being sent back to junior/Europe/AHL when they can play in the NHL.