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Caught in the middle: Shea Theodore living a life of limbo between NHL, AHL

ARLINGTON, Va. – Every now and then, at least when his black 2016 GMC Yukon isn’t plowing through the same stretch of I-5 in southern California, Shea Theodore will punch his name into Eliteprospects.com, a hockey resource website. Once his player page loads, the 21-year-old defenseman scrolls to the section labeled, “Transactions.” Then he looks at the list and starts counting.

“It’s pretty f------ long,” Theodore says, laughing. “When you’re up and down so often, you don’t realize how many it’s actually been.”

Save the truly special talents, most young players at some point experience the swings of reassignments and recalls, to and from the NHL.