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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
Sam can't go to the AHL due to age, correct?
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He can't because he was drafted out of the CHL. The NHL and CHL have an agreement that players have to be returned to the CHL as long as they are eligible to play (I forget the specifics but it is something about when they turn 20 in their overage year), so if they are 18 or 19 and some 20 year olds have yo be returned. Seilof wasn't drafted out of the CHL which is why as a 19 year old he could go to the AHL last year.
Also part of the agreement is once they are sent down they can not return to the NHL until their junior team is done (only exception is the emergency recall ala Baertchi a couple years ago).