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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache

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

Except it's not a or b as a zero sum game. It's how much did b contribute to a?