Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY Joined: 07.26.2008
Nov 2 @ 11:13 AM ET
I thought only goaltenders could do conditioning stints in the AHL...
I could be wrong, though. - buffalofan19
Nope. It's any player.
Conditioning Loans
A player can be sent to the AHL on a conditioning loan with his consent without having to clear waivers. He can't spend more than 14 days on this conditioning loan though. He'll continue counting against the team's roster and cap limits. He can also be sent on a long term injury/illness exception where he won't count against the roster limit, but he can't be sent on one until he's been hurt for 14 days/6 games. The long-term loan can only last six days or three games, although a team can request an extension to be approved by the commissioner.
It's been nice to see what they've been able to do the last 3 games. They need to continue to get streaks like this more consistently throughout the season. Stringing together wins has been something they've struggled with. - HonkFortheGoose
Absolutely. That's what you get in a young team, inconsistency. They're going to struggle at times and you get the Flames, first Wild, Vancouver, and the Flyers game but when they put it together you get the Oilers game, or the Panthers or Jets game. They just have to learn to put them together a bit more.
Location: We need a You're an Ass button, NY Joined: 09.07.2006
Nov 2 @ 11:47 AM ET
Absolutely. That's what you get in a young team, inconsistency. They're going to struggle at times and you get the Flames, first Wild, Vancouver, and the Flyers game but when they put it together you get the Oilers game, or the Panthers or Jets game. They just have to learn to put them together a bit more. - Wetbandit1
I think they are realizing they need to play the full 60 minutes .
Conditioning Loans
A player can be sent to the AHL on a conditioning loan with his consent without having to clear waivers. He can't spend more than 14 days on this conditioning loan though. He'll continue counting against the team's roster and cap limits. He can also be sent on a long term injury/illness exception where he won't count against the roster limit, but he can't be sent on one until he's been hurt for 14 days/6 games. The long-term loan can only last six days or three games, although a team can request an extension to be approved by the commissioner.
Unless it's for the purposes of cap circumvention like when we tried to send Grigorenko down when he wasn't eligible to play in the AHL, and he wasn't injured either, just hadn't played in a while, but normally that's allowed with a wink and a nod, but since he wasn't eligible they put the kibosh on it and he had to either stay or go back to junior.
Location: "___________ stinks."-Sabres89, NY Joined: 07.26.2008
Nov 2 @ 11:51 AM ET
Absolutely. That's what you get in a young team, inconsistency. They're going to struggle at times and you get the Flames, first Wild, Vancouver, and the Flyers game but when they put it together you get the Oilers game, or the Panthers or Jets game. They just have to learn to put them together a bit more. - Wetbandit1
Exactly. They have the talent to compete on a nightly basis. Even when they lose, so long as they look like an NHL team, I'm ok with it. Some of the games this year though, they didn't look like they even belonged in the AHL, which shouldn't be the case at this point. They aren't the most talented team in the league, but the have plenty of talent throughout the roster.
