Not gonna lie, although a month or two ago I would never have seen this coming. However, after the debacle that the NHL turned this into, this doesn’t surprise me one bit. I’m not going to try to say I predicted it, because that would need proof, but like I said, it doesn’t surprise me. He surprisingly played well enough to earn it, and I don’t want to dog the guy because he seems like a genuinely good guy that is kinda getting screwed over.
I honestly feel bad for the guy. The fans voting him in was a bit of a “vote the dork the prom king” schtick, but the “trade” that bumped him down to the AHL really happened…and forced him to uproot his family and movie.