For those that argue against bringing him up and letting him ride out the playoffs in the AHL, I think you are missing an important point. Obviously there is value in the playoff run and since you guys are likely to miss the playoffs, he will be with them for that regardless.
But a lot of the value for development is getting to the next league to see how you fare and what you need to work on. Back in the QC days, you would see someone go up for a couple games and come back down with renewed fire. There is so much more value in that than continuing to grind the AHL. This board loves to harshly judge players for training camp performance and earning their spot, well how about the team actually put a player in the best position to hit training camp ready to go next fall?
Not to mention a week or two of NHL paychecks would probably put him in a better headspace!
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