I don't think this was about sending a message, I really don't see how it could have been. I mean, what message is there to send with Gelinas? Mitchell, sure, maybe. He's a veteran on the team, someone who's been here a while...maybe that was intended to rattle them a little bit. But Gelinas? He's not been here too long, he's only played 13 games total with the club, and he's been scratched most of the year. I don't think there was any attempt to send a message with Gelinas. What their actual reason was? I don't know.
I feel like we know less about this team now than ever before. Landy's injury is a great example, why the heck they're waiving players for no reason, random call ups and sending them down after they played well... Not a lot of anything makes sense. They're going back to being as air locked as the KGB.