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Originally Posted by Parallex
I get that... I just don't see the NHL naying "No, Sign someone" now and not saying "No, recall someone you already have on contract" then. The NHL doesn't seem that anal about the emergency recall rules... I can't think of a single instance where I've heard of them denying a team a recall (was LA at 50 contracts when they let Schenn play a game? I don't recall hearing anyone saying that they were).
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Because they (Flames) had already recalled 3 full time players from Abbotsford...thereby depleting them to the point they could not ice a complete roster had they called up yet another player....which would have broken the NHL/AHL agreement IIRC.