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Originally Posted by East Coast Flame
Haven't followed this very closely, what is going on over there?
Dude is a point-per-game player in the AHL this year and he wasn't even invited to camp? Looking at the Islanders roster....I mean, they can't find any use for him? Really?
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They have completely mismanaged Niederreiter right from the get-go ... well, probably not from the very beginning because the 9-game audition in his first year surely wasn't negative. But he was by no means ready for the NHL next year, at least not for a checking role on the 4th line. They did that just because of the bonuses in his ELC in order to reach the salary floor ... so they basically burnt the first year of his ELC and waste his development along goons and plugs all year, just to get salary cap compliant. The equivalent of that would have been the Flames keeping Sven on the roster for the whole last season and let him rot on the 4th line with Jackman and Kostopoulos. Horrible management decision - Nino should have been in Portland and dominate the WHL with Sven and Rattie. Then in the summer, when Parenteau left and they actually had a spot on the wing for Nino, they instead went out and signed frickin Brad Boyes instead. Nino goes to the AHL, plays really well there and they don't even invite him to camp ... just beyond horrible. Really, can't blame him at all for wanting out.