Well, I see nothing wrong relegating KK to AHL status.
The NHL position of defensemen when I started watching saw most newbies at least 26 or 27.
The new NHL gives you only so much time to decide if your “Gustav Forsling” IS READY, and more importantly WORTH that tricky second / third contract while they on the job improve as NHLers, no longer farmhands.
Korchinski needs the chops to suck it in and attempt a qualitative jump in his evolution, after his cinderella rookie year where he WAS allowed to fill an NHL position that he was clearly over his head, skills non-standing.