It felt like an unnecessary risk to take at the time for an expected bottom 10 team. Why not give the kid a couple months in the NHL to figure it out before putting him through waivers.
It worked out and rekindled Pelletier’s game, but he very much could have and should have been claimed. Maybe it was the right move and he wouldn’t have figured it out if he didn’t go down to the Wranglers, but the team certainly got lucky.
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