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Originally Posted by bax
His contract absolutely will not allow him to make this team. He is eligible for a double slide so essentially they send him back to the dub for this year. Next year he plays the entire year in the AHL. The following year he makes the big team and you still have him for 3 full years on his ELC.
This is the most likely scenario, however if he makes big strides this year I could see him forcing himself onto the team next training camp.
It’s probably best for his development any ways to go dominate junior instead of playing 10 minutes a night on the bottom pairing.
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I hadn't even considered the double slide. Yeah, I would say that he is facing a huge uphill climb to make it this season. And, while he has been good so far, I actually think that Andersson was even better in his first main camp and he didn't get a sniff.
Huge night for Wotherspoon tonight. After Kulak and Bartkowski had a rough outing on Wednesday, the door is open right now for him. I was really disappointed in him last year as I thought he would win the spot and Kulak outplayed him. It'll be interesting to see if he can make the jump this time.