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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Unless the league changes the veteran rule, I still think the independent team is going to have a hard time to fill up a roster that could compete with an NHL affiliate:
That off the bat limits how many veterans a team can sign/dress. Independent teams will be left signing overage major juniors and college free agents that NHL didn't want (and perhaps once in a while a Euro but very unlikely without an NHL contract).
NHL teams rarely loan their prospects to other teams. Flames have only done it twice that I can recall.
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Except if there is independent teams it would be a new league so they could suit the rules on that to what they would like. And even then I don't think it would be hard for the independent teams to fill up with the Acolatse's and Breen's of the world who are vets but still considered development players.