i believe it has less to do with any kind of schism regarding deployment between francis and peters and more to do with it being a carrot for our over-ripening ahl squad to know that we're not healthy scratching any forwards on a nightly basis and the first injury or demotion means that one of you will be next in line. plus, jooris and kruger are both long time professionals and both want to be able to play to secure their future. sitting them in the pressbox for the rest of the season, especially for jooris, would limit their options moving forward. the courteous thing to do for veterans that are no longer required on your team is to expose them to waivers and give them a shot at finding a destination, no matter how unlikely it is that someone would claim them. doing right by the player is an important part of maintaining relationships. when they're out of the plan with your team, you should do everything in your power to try to provide them an exit that is mutually satisfactory. the truth is that jooris and kruger had been pipped and it was in the mutual best interest of all parties to explore all possible, though unrealistic, options for them to continue their careers elsewhere. to me, that's the reason for waivers as opposed to healthy scratching them every game for the remainder of the year as an insurance policy against injuries. plus, as i talked about in another post before the moves, it's a message to the rest of your room that jobs are not safe and if you like the guy sitting next to you then you need to play for him as much as you're playing for you. peters and francis have such a strong working relationship that it strikes me as immensely unlikely that he would attempt to tie his hands, because that's a two way street. when you have a coach that is coaching against the wishes of the gm and a gm that is gming against the wishes of a coach, it's untenable and someone will be relieved. i doubt either party is trying to die on that hill with the immense amount of optimism that is flooding into the organization at present.