Beau

A 5th is an insignificant cost, but I'd have rather called up someone from MIL, if Trotz wanted a bit more roster depth. There are multiple guys down there that have more to offer than Beau.

Completely agree, this seems like he liked Beau from his time in NYI, and wanted to give him a chance here. It wasn't a big price to pay, but again blocks the path to the NHL for the talented guys in Milwaukee

I wonder if he's being brought in to replace a forward Trotz is about to trade. I don't see any of Sherwood, Gurianov or Jankowski returning much more than the 5th, so I don't see the point of going through the hassle of uprooting players for no gain. Trenin maybe, but what could Trotz realistically get for him? A 3rd and maybe a B-C prospect at most?

Yeah I would think this means he's leaning towards trading Trenin and then it could be looked at more like Trenin + 5th for Beau + 3rd or whatever the return is for Trenin.

Love Trenin but I feel like he's probably asking for too much on his next contract. He's a great defensive forward, but the fact that he's so streaky when it comes to scoring it's hard to imagine signing him long term

Maybe they want the guys in Milwaukee right now to go on a run for the Memorial Cup, thus don’t want to call them up unless necessary.

Edit: Calder Cup lol