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Gorton & Hughes seem to have a policy against sending established NHL veterans to the AHL. They did it briefly with Armia as a wake-up call, but then brought him back.
Burying a player like Vlasic, which is the only sensible thing for the Habs to do, would send the wrong message to veterans around the league about the dangers of signing in Montreal.
I think the Habs are gonna ride out Anderson & Gallagher contracts as the most expensive, albeit still productive, 4th line in hockey.
Edit: Sorry I should also mention that while they could do the same with Vlasic, all the Habs organizational depth is at D, and so it's harder to use one of 6 "in-demand" spots over one of 12 "hard to fill" spots on a bad contract.