Just going by the evaluation of others, I think you sign him to the league minimum on a one-way. Worst case scenario is that you pay him that in the minors, but some veteran AHL players are close to that anyway.
If he played well enough to earn it, then I think it sends a bad message to other players in the future that may try out. It would basically say that there was never an intention to sign him and he may have wasted his time with them.
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