I think the idea is to give Sam a taste of the regular season and let him down easy with an improvement plan for next season. He didn't seem to stand out and was weak on face offs, which Grigo was decent at. Hopefully Grigo has the fire in his belly and proves he deserves to be up. With the NHL stint and the WJC Sam will only play about 40 games in the WHL, it won't feel like a year.