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Originally Posted by GioforPM
I'm not sure when Aliu made the switch to wing. That said, it's not as simple as you are making it out to be. Sports careers aren't always on a conventional arc. The argument will be that the early demotion set of a chain of events, gave him a bad rep, etc. And the time in the ECHL stunted his progression or something. On the flip side, I suspect the hazing incident and the effect on his draft position and outlook on life had an even greater impact.
Damages are not a 100% proposition in these cases especially in the US where juries are common and unpredictable. If he sued (and if he got past the limitations issue), there would be all kinds of expert analysis on average careers, impact of demotions, etc.
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Well, I never said it was simple.
I just look at it and see he spent 13 games in the ECHL after 48 in the AHL
Then the next season he was in a new organization, spent 59 games in the AHL on two different AHL teams and 16 in the ECHL.
He is generally around a point per game in the ECHL, so likely ready for the AHL. In the AHL, many stops, he is in the .2-.3 point per game range. Why wouldn’t a guy with that limited output be a candidate for the ECHL? Seems reasonable
Four more ECHL teams in the mix between 2014-15 and last year.
Let’s put it this way
If I had to choose between two narratives:
a) he is a fringe player that showed flashes of promise, had stints with 7 clubs in the ECHL over ~10 years, was ok in the AHL but bounced around and got a couple of sniffs with the Flames.
b) the demotion by Peters (who has not had any public say as to why he was demoted) and that 13 game stint somehow set the tone for the 21 (!) subsequent teams that he bounced between in the following decade.
I personally do not like what Peters did but have trouble choosing narrative b) over narrative a)
And I get it, US juries can give crazy awards and why not go for it, if that’s what he does. But I just don’t see anything from the player that suggests he was a sure fire NHLer, which is really the only level where you make could make the amount of money worth suing for