I would be interested in getting this kid on the flames but it would have to be the right deal. The main problem is that the sabres are in the same position we are and are after the same things we are, so i highly doubt that we have anything to offer them that we don't need ourselves.
I think the problem here is that he has already put up big points in the juniors and feels that he has nothing to learn by going back there. I don't believe that this has anything to do with what he feels he is entitled to more about where he can play that will help him develop further and at this point the juniors are not that. If he had been assigned to the AHL this may have been a totally different story. I think he is just a victim of the silly rule that the NHL and CHL(?) have in place and it could start costing the junior leagues players, of any nationality, who may not want these type of restrictions on their career.
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