It's a weird AHL roster thing that Playfair explained on Rob Kerr's show Thursday or Friday afternoon. The teams include injured players who may have been out all year (Chucko for instance) and then those players who are not on the list are added as emergency players.
It'd be analogous to the Flames having Langkow on the playoff roster (in the unlikely event that he returns for the finals or something) and leaving Backlund off, knowing that they can add Backlund in Langkow's spot as a supplementary player or whatever it's called.
Basically, it's a paper transaction that allows teams an expanded roster.
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