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Cody Franson calls waivers and AHL demotion ‘extremely frustrating’

Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Cody Franson called it “very frustrating” that he went unclaimed on waivers and found himself stuck in the AHL not long after playing with Duncan Keith, reports The Daily Herald’s John Dietz.

“It’s extremely frustrating,” Franson said. “I was playing with (Duncan Keith) for 20 minutes a night. Then you get a fluke injury, you take a few weeks to come back and all of a sudden they don’t know where you slot in. ...

”I can’t lie that I was hoping to get picked up and go to somebody that wanted me.