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Originally Posted by Shazam
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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I think the most likely answer is neither of those.
It probably had to do with contracts.
Treliving botched the offseason by pushing Kylington for a two way and handing Valimaki not only a one way but one with a higher cap hit than was commessurate to his performance last year (I noted this back when Juuso was re-signed, so it's not revisionist history).
Tre got burned on his gamble, Valimaki wasn't worth his one way deal. Sending Kylington down is not (nor ever should have been) an option. And Tre's bosses are probably not happy to be paying a guy over a million to play in the minors.