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Originally Posted by GreenLantern
So if Klimchuk gets to play in Abbotsford, it wouldn't count as a year of his ELC right?
He could come up, play a few games, get some playoff experience in, then go back to Regina next year and do the samething.. ELC not kicking in UNLESS he played over X amount of games in the NHL?
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Correct.
He signed his contract as an 18 year-old, so it can slide two seasons (this year and next) so long as he doesn't play more than 9 NHL games. He can play an unlimited number of AHL regular season and playoff games without triggering the ELC.
Because he will not turn 20 until 2015, he cannot go to Abbotsford next year until Regina's season is over. He could play in Calgary next season, but that's a long shot.