Recalled/Assigned: Lawson Crouse assigned to the AHL

[Summer Rose]

Am I reading this on CapFriendly right? Did we just send Lawson Crouse down to the AHL?

Edit: it's official now: https://www.nhl.com/coyotes/news/coyotes-assign-crouse-to-ahl/c-292273326

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[The Feckless Puck]

Am I reading this on CapFriendly right? Did we just send Lawson Crouse down to the AHL?

Yes we did. Zac Larraza was sent to Fort Wayne to make room for him.

 

[Summer Rose]

Yes we did. Zac Larraza was sent to Fort Wayne to make room for him.

Not a fan of sending Crouse down, but if they cleared room for him to play in Tucson by bumping Larraza down to the ECHL, the only logical explanation is that we're activating someone from IR. Perlini, hopefully?

 

[Summer Rose]

Well, I wasn't 100% sure this was true hence I didn't make it a new thread, but thanks anyway

 

[SniperHF]

Well, I wasn't 100% sure this was true hence I didn't make it a new thread, but thanks anyway

It's good click-bait if it turns out to be wrong

 

[PhoPhan]

 

[Summer Rose]

Edited the title and put in the article link now that we have confirmation from an official source.

 

[The Feckless Puck]

I think this is a good move, although I'm expecting some heat from folks who would rather have seen Kempe go down...

 

[Bandit34]

I think this is a good move, although I'm expecting some heat from folks who would rather have seen Kempe go down...

His goal last night secures his spot on this team.

 

[Hinterland]

Not a fan of sending Crouse down, but if they cleared room for him to play in Tucson by bumping Larraza down to the ECHL, the only logical explanation is that we're activating someone from IR. Perlini, hopefully?

The right call. He should have never been on this team if they weren't gonna play him. We all know that he has a solid allround game. Shutdown and PK duties with limited minutes you can leave for a random 4th liner. No need to waste a top prospects time. Crouse needs to play heavy minutes, including PP. Since they obviously weren't prepared to give him that with the Coyotes it was an idiot move to even keep him around.

Send every prospect down anyway and keep only those who aren't waiver exempt or who clearly graduated. Don't play your prospects on a losing team. This isn't how a rebuild works...keep them scoring and winning in the minors and bring them up at the deadline after you traded some vets you signed. This is how a rebuild usually works. Somebody please tell Chayka.

 

[Summer Rose]

The right call. He should have never been on this team if they weren't gonna play him. We all know that he has a solid allround game. Shutdown and PK duties with limited minutes you can leave for a random 4th liner. No need to waste a top prospects time. Crouse needs to play heavy minutes, including PP. Since they obviously weren't prepared to give him that with the Coyotes it was an idiot move to even keep him around.

Send every prospect down anyway and keep only those who aren't waiver exempt or who clearly graduated. Don't play your prospects on a losing team. This isn't how a rebuild works...keep them scoring and winning in the minors and bring them up at the deadline after you traded some vets you signed. This is how a rebuild usually works. Somebody please tell Chayka.

For once, I actually agree with you.

The world is imploding.

 

[RABBIT]

Lawson could benefit with some scoring minutes. Okay with this. How is Strome doing?

 

[Hinterland]

For once, I actually agree with you.

The world is imploding.

Lol.
To add to that. I really like Crouse and I can understand if people are upset about him getting sent down.
At the same time they weren't expecting to get a 4th liner when they got him a big part of the Datsyuk deal. He may never be a natural scorer but he can surely develop into Shane Doan or Dustin Brown 2.0 if he can find a way how to score in pro hockey. So far over both seasons he got 38% offensive zone starts and 62% defensive zone starts and averaged only 11:45 per game without PP-time. This isn't good for his development. If they played him 16mins per night with offensive zone starts and PP-minutes I would have been okay with keeping him around. But it's probably best for him to play heavy minutes in Tuscon.

 

[TheLegend]

Lol.
To add to that. I really like Crouse and I can understand if people are upset about him getting sent down.
At the same time they weren't expecting to get a 4th liner when they got him a big part of the Datsyuk deal. He may never be a natural scorer but he can surely develop into Shane Doan or Dustin Brown 2.0 if he can find a way how to score in pro hockey. So far over both seasons he got 38% offensive zone starts and 62% defensive zone starts and averaged only 11:45 per game without PP-time. This isn't good for his development. If they played him 16mins per night with offensive zone starts and PP-minutes I would have been okay with keeping him around. But it's probably best for him to play heavy minutes in Tuscon.

You lost everyone at Dustin Brown.

 

[Muppet]

From the very limited time they had together, Crouse and Strome actually had a bit of chemistry, so hopefully they're together in Tucson and do a job.

 

[Grimes]

Fine with this. Sucks we lost a 2nd because of this whole ordeal though.

 

[Toadie]

I for one have really enjoyed Kempe game so far. Kinda reminds me of Devo last year.

 

[Hinterland]

You lost everyone at Dustin Brown.

 

[TheLegend]

Yep.... just realize you dragged the carcass out.

 

[TheLegend]

The other shoe drops...

 

[PhoPhan]

Does this confirm Perlini was concussed?

 

[TheLegend]

Does this confirm Perlini was concussed?

Yep.... he’s been on the protocol since he left the game two Saturdays back.

 

[Bonsai Tree]

I hope that this won't be a problem for Perlini going forward.

 

[Matias Maccete]

If this is to work on his offensive game and play with strome, cool. Did he fly with the team to new York though? Why not just send him down before being healthy scratched twice? If all that's needed is a body in case of an injury, couldn't he have been swapped with an ahler earlier so crouse isn't just sitting? Reminds me of the strome demotion, not a bad decision but peculiar timing and circumstances.

 

[Bandit34]

If this is to work on his offensive game and play with strome, cool. Did he fly with the team to new York though? Why not just send him down before being healthy scratched twice? If all that's needed is a body in case of an injury, couldn't he have been swapped with an ahler earlier so crouse isn't just sitting? Reminds me of the strome demotion, not a bad decision but peculiar timing and circumstances.

Tucson is playing in Grand Rapids tonight.

Flying all the way to the east coast to be a healthy scratch Tuesday is not an inconvience since Crouse could meet up with Tucson in Grand Rapids for the game tonight.

Its prefect timing because Tucson is on the road and Perlini comes back.