Quoting: Xqb15a
The puzzling thing for me about Kaut is the basis of the pick was it was a safe pick, high floor lower ceiling, and last year they intentionally didn’t play him to slide his ELC. It is always tough with the Avs and injuries because they don’t disclose anything and Kaut did get hurt, but playing guys like O’Brien and Megna just didn’t make sense to me. Maybe your right and they soured on him, but kid was a recent 1st rd pick and personally I think he is going to be a real solid middle 6 forward but if you don’t give him a chance you will never know.
I think they lure veteran AHL guys with promises they'll have preference when call ups are needed. I'm not sure about that, but it just seems to make sense.
But yeah, like anyone else, I would have liked to see more of Kaut and some of Bowers. The Megnas and Drieses of the world don't get me excited for the future. It's different and more fun as a fan when I get to see Newhook, Ranta, Kaut, etc. for obvious reasons.
Bednar said they still like Kaut, Bowers, etc. but are just being patient with their development. We'll see. Kaut sure didn't seem to be in Bednar's good graces when he was up with the club. That's really what I'm going on with my assumptions. In the end I'm just a dude who gatherers what I can from observation, so I could be 110% wrong.