[Alberta_Beef]

Originally Posted by Canada 02

From a financial perspective, I'm surprised more NHL teams don't share AHL affiliates. Share costs; don't need to sign AHL scrubs to fill out a roster; possibly having a stacked team of top prospects, improving chances of playoff dates.

IIRC, the Flames shared an AHL team with Carolina for a few years, with Kobasew as the captain, and the roster made up of Eric Staal, Cam Ward, Matt Lombardi, Mark Giordano, Ritchie Regehr, Mike Commodore. They were a high end AHL team

I thought they only share the Lock Monsters for 1 season during the lockout. But it was a very good team that year.