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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
Strongly disagree.
If you look only at the fact that Hartley wasn't dressing him, then sure. But let's look at Adirondack...
Not only anchored the defense, but improved his offensive numbers (which they wanted him to do) from 0.19 PPG to 0.39 PPG. Pretty significant improvement.
Some fans are making way too much out of his lack of playing time in Calgary and are ignoring his work in Adirondack.
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I see your point, but it's easy to argue that he did take a step back. 14 NHL games in 13/14 and his defensive game looked NHL ready. Than he spends another full season in the AHL because he wasn't able to steal a spot from a Smid or Diaz. They go down and we pick up Schlemko instead of giving Wotherspoon ice time. Good AHL season or not, that's a step back in my eyes.