Owen Nolan’s AHL demotion/rehab in 1990-91

[Steve Kournianos]

After taking him 1st overall in the 1990 draft, the Nords early in 1990-91 sent an 18-year-old Owen Nolan to Halifax in the AHL for a few games after making the NHL club (if you want to call them that) out of camp.

My questions are:

1) Why wasn’t this a violation of the CHL-NHL transfer rule, which IIRC was in place?

2) If not a violation, was it accepted since Nolan was born in Ireland and technically an “import”?

3) Or was it a conditioning assignment that may have been allowed?

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[Doctor No]

Boston Globe of November 21, 1990 refers to it as a "14-day rehabilitation assignment".

 

[kaiser matias]

Boston Globe of November 21, 1990 refers to it as a "14-day rehabilitation assignment".

Note this is something that remains.

I recall Zach Bogosian also went to the AHL on a rehab stint when he was 18, before going back to the OHL.

 

[Canadiens1958]

Boston Globe of November 21, 1990 refers to it as a "14-day rehabilitation assignment".

Changed with the various CBAs signed since 1990.

 

[Jumptheshark]

due to it being a rehab stint it was allowable

 

[Fixxer]

Note this is something that remains.

I recall Zach Bogosian also went to the AHL on a rehab stint when he was 18, before going back to the OHL.

Without it being over-used, I'd like if more players could get that 2 week window of AHL to just test it, before going back up or down.