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Originally Posted by JayP
Because the guy has had troubles staying in an AHL line-up the past two seasons? They are testing him internally in the minors and the reports from people who watch the Heat on this board aren't glowing. That combined with healthy scratches doesn't say much for him.
For a guy who's not a fighter (2 fights this year according to this thread), he certainly has a lot of penalty minutes (80 in 27 games). Even if he does have a few misconducts, that's way too many minor penalties for a forward to be taking. Playing on the edge is great, but when you're sitting in the box that often it hurts a lot more than it helps. Especially when you're a marginal player at best.
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Doesn't cost anything to try him out for a couple games. This team is in no position to trade assets off to add grit. All other options should be exhausted first.