CHRDANHUTCH
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gr:That explains why Portland is the ECHL now and not in the AHL.
NHL teams with AHL affiliates have changed since Portland was in the AHL in regards to how many players can be assigned and how many players an AHL team can sign up. With Detroit, the Red Wings assign 13-15 players to Grand Rapids (AHL). The Red Wings allow the Griffins to sign 5-10 players to fill in the rest of the roster. Any players left over could end up in Toledo (ECHL) to fill any roster spots there (usually they send 2-4 players). The NHL club can allow their AHL affiliates to sign players to fill up the remaining AHL roster and if the NHL team also has an ECHL affiliate, it can sign more players to place 2-4 to fill the ECHL roster. It all depends on who is your NHL affiliate, and what guidelines they set for their AHL affiliate.
all AHL Affiliates have lost those rights over the years, among various entities, the point stands and it is embarassing for fellow fanbases to slander former markets, that's the point I was making, no matter who the affiliate and their philosophy is, the days of a veteran laded franchise no longer exist, whether or not there's an affiliation at a lower level, all AHL franchises can pull any player they so choose, whether or not there's a direct affiliation or independent, the point remains, the days of a Hershey or a Chicago going multi-veteran as opposed to development base, which most teams employ... the difference is as I said in an earlier post is: the affiliates based on the PDC THAT Portland employed, whether it was Washington, Anaheim, Buffalo, Phoenix/Arizona or Florida, and originally Philadelphia, New Jersey and Boston, what was detailed in the PDC, THE AFFILIATE LOST those rights as each extension was negotiated or had those rights revert to the parent club, ie player transactions