Kind of agree here, yeah.
We don't NEED him up here any time soon. It's not like we're realistically thinking about the playoffs this season.
I'm a fan of of taking a long-term view with Balcers and doing what's best for his NHL career, I don't really care about the short-term and whether or not he can help us win games in December or whatever. If there's a conscious decision that for whatever reason, Balcers stayinh in the AHL until like... Christmas or the new year, is best for him, then sure. I'm fine with it.
Plus, if having a guy like Balcers continue to thrive in the AHL a little longer buys us another month to see if we can further inflate the value of potential deadline trade pieces (Ennis, etc...), then I don't see the harm. I'll be concerned if Balcers isn't on the roster post-deadline, for sure. Until then, I'm ok with him staying down for now.