Porter Stoutheart
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- Jun 14, 2017
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End of the day, young players need to play. I think Prokop and Matier could play bottom pair for some teams in the AHL, they both looked good enough in the rookie tournament and pre-season for that. But we've got 7 of our own guys higher on the depth chart down there atm, and Milwaukee is paying 2 more guys with their own money. So given that logjam, it's better for them to be playing games in Atlanta than eating popcorn in Milwaukee. Spots in Milwaukee will open up next year when Gravel, McKeown, and Gross contracts are up and at 1 or 2 of Stastney/Livingstone/Del Gaizo get promoted to the Preds.