joe89
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- Apr 30, 2009
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I could be wrong (Often am) but I don't think there is a # of games rule when it comes to Calder Cup Playoff eligibility.
There is/was a rule that says any player on an NHL roster at the trade deadline is ineligible for the AHL playoffs but this can be circumvented by sending down all your rookies (On paper only) the afternoon of the trade deadline and recalling them minutes after it passes.
That loophole might have been closed though because as you said, Edmonton probably would have taken advantage of it last season.
Yes, the clear day roster. You could only submit 22 players and NHL teams were only allowed four recalls after that date(trade deadline). OKC had Paajarvi, Omark and Lander for instance, effectively filling their player quota anyway. RNH was not old enough to play in the AHL last year, and Eberle and Hall were NHL stars anyway. Clubs don't send such guys down and risk injuries.
Anyway, with the new CBA, they've removed this. You will now name your AHL playoff roster at the conclusion of the regular season(of the AHL, finishes five days before the NHL regular season). The NHL callup restrictions were removed completely.
So this would mean that the Griffins could effectively use all of Smith, Andersson, Nyquist, Tatar, Lashoff to begin with as long as the Wings make them available.