TUCSON --The Coyotes wanted forward Lawson Crouse to play in the American Hockey League this season so he could become a more dynamic player.
"He's had an unbelievable attitude," said Steve Sullivan, the team's assistant general manager who also serves as G.M. of the Tucson Roadrunners, Arizona's AHL affiliate. "He hasn't taken this as a demotion. He's taken this as a way of trying to kind of augment what we want from him. Sure, he could have played in the NHL this season and been a fourth-line guy and probably play for years in that role. But we see him as more than that. We wanted him to come down here and try to round out his game so when he goes back up to the Coyotes he can be further up in our lineup. We see him as a big piece of the Coyotes going forward."
Coyotes Like Crouse's Play in AHL, Development
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