If the NHL coach and staff thought the AHL player, who they have watched for 4+ years, could help them win NHL games now, he would be on the roster.
The hope is, he receives feedback and works on whatever they tell him to work on. AHL is a large step below NHL. He has to kick down the door when he comes up not knock on it. He still may, but he hasn't yet so they default to the players they know. I don't blame them.
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This Signature line was dated so I changed it.
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