I’m pretty sure that sending Hathaway down was the only possible option, as Jagr’s contract kicks in today, and any other option to send down would have required waivers, and waivers could only happen today, to clear by tomorrow - i.e. not in time.
As soon as Jagr was official yesterday, Hathaway was going to go down today, unless someone was injured. Even if Hathaway scored 5 goals yesterday, he still would have had to go down today.
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