Pure speculation on my part but I think he was still recovering from his injury, not enough to place him on some sort of injured list, but enough that it was affecting his play. They kept him up here to train under Sutter's standards. Now he's doing better and needs to get some playing time to improve his conditioning.
That or nobody knew he could be sent down without waivers.
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