I just don't get why we wouldn't either move him or at least offer a QO. .
I can't imagine there's any kind of a trade market whatsoever for a not-very-good AHL goalie, and if we qualify him it costs a contract which is pointless when we already have Lehner, Ullmark, Petersen, Kasdorf and whomever takes Johnson's spot (if not Johnson himself) in the mix. It's the same thing that happened with Leggio, and Salak, and Noronen, etc...you have a couple years tops to prove you're a stud AHL netminder. If you don't, your chances of making the NHL are virtually nil...however dime a dozen the average bottom-15 NHL goalie is, you can get a middle of the road AHL goalie for a penny a dozen. There's no value in holding onto a guy who isn't putting up better than a 2.5 GAA, it's not a Russian thing, it's a "he's not very good thing".