When the Nashville Predators reassigned Tommy Novak—who had had points in every game since his call up—to Milwaukee on December 24th, it got a lot of attention on Twitter.
Why would the team reassign a player who had given this offense-starved team a boost?
The initial outrage was countered by some who noted that this was probably a paper transaction and Novak was likely to be back on the roster for the next game (he was).
But the decision to send down and then recall Novak deserves some scrutiny. This isn’t the first time the Preds have had players riding the reassignment carousel.