AGain, though, who does he take out? Stetcher has been playing well. Emberson has been improving by the game and if they want to retain his rights he needs to reach 50 games. Granted he's well on his way, but one injury leading to an extended time out of the lineup would put that at risk, so you'd think they want to hit that 50 as soon as possible. Obviously none of the other four come out.
That's the reason some find this move "odd".
Ultimately, I suspect he's just going to practice with the team until they finish this 4 game run vs. the better NHL teams and then they start trying to fit him into some games as it softens up a bit with only 2 games of the next 10 being against teams currently in a playoff spot.