Albert is 26/27 years old and a 3rd/4th liner at best at the AHL level. He was never more than a replacement player at very best. It was PAINFULLY obvious how overwhelmed he was with the NHL game. Wish the best for him, he works hard, but will never be an NHL player. He can probably earn a solid living in Swizterland, Germany, Finland or Sweden (in HockeyAllsvenskan), that might be a better choice for him going foward (probably not good enough for KHL or SHL).
I long for the days when guys like Jones, Pardy, Albert, Gagnon, Jaffray aren't the ones recalled, instead we have solid prospects to recall (ala LA with King, Nolan, Voynov, Martinez, Vey, Toffoli, Jones). LA went through that phase as well while rebuilding (Zeiler, Ellis, G. Gauthier, Giulano, Clarke, Heward, Piskula, Stephenson). Hopefully one day we can get to that level.