I ran into this idea elsewhere and wonder what CP collective thinks about this idea about Lazar. The idea essentially was this:
Send Lazar down to the AHL around pre-season roster shaving time (so most teams don't have room to claim him) and have him play a few months at C before calling him back up.
Could Lazar being snuck into the AHL even be plausible?
Pros:
- Gives Lazar plenty of playing time to develop more a centre rather than bottom 6 minutes at RW
- Helps repair certain aspects of Lazar's development due to him being rushed
- Reduces RW logjam of Brouwer/F Hamilton/Hathaway/Chiasson (if re-signed)
- Lazar has openly been called a project. Him with his draft peers in Stockton might not be a bad thing. All of them looking for redemption.
- More roster slots = more competitive camp?
Cons
- Waiving Lazar isn't completely without risk
- Optics are bad
- Does it affect Lazar's game negatively more than positively?
- Lazar may develop better around NHLers than AHLers.
Thoughts?
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