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Originally Posted by Henry Fool
To me it looks like they're happy to have shifty skilled wingers so long as they're good enough.
Why do you say that he'll be in the AHL for the next 1-2 years?
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Personally, I don't think Hartley wants him on the team, plain and simple.
Look at least year, after an admittedly terrible start in Abby he averaged a point per game in the final 2 months (25 ish games). However, he never got called back up like almost every other top 6 forward in Abby did for the 6-10 game stint at the end of last season. Why didn't he get the shot again? He was playing great. Knight came up, Reinhart, Granlund, Street, B Jones, everybody other than Sven got a shot. As soon as Feaster is gone, Hartley sends him down. The content of the "interview" with Svens father a few posts up. There is plenty of smoke billowing for the theory that Hartley just doesn't like him.
However, this is all purely speculation on my part and may be completely incorrect.