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Was he though? He hasn't exactly been particularly good at the NHL level, though not particularly bad either, just very mid. And I think another reason was he was waiver exempt still as of last year. He won't be as of this coming year if I'm not mistaken.Knight was in the AHL purely for the off the ice stuff
I was kind of expecting him to be bought out this offseason, and he still might be, as they're probably paying him too much and can use that significant cap hit off their books. I think that's one of the few questionable things Zito has done (other than a first for Chiarot) though it was somewhat understandable.
He was giving him that based off potential. And he was only a year removed from him stepping in and having a few really good games in the playoffs as a 19 year old at the time he was given that contract.
I think they were also operating under the assumption, as well as some real evidence that Bobrovsky was on the decline and that Knight would be the better goaltender of the two really soon.