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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
I could have sworn that the latest AHL CBA did away with the clear day stuff. Was rather surprised when Kerr retweeted that message from AHL Communications.
Edit - Vulcan - you are thinking of the old NHL CBA, but it always allowed for paper transactions on trade deadline day for this reason. But all other times, the player had to travel, yes.
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The AHL got rid of the clear day roster, but the NHL CBA still has a rule that an NHL team cannot send a player to the AHL after the trade deadline unless he was recalled from the AHL after the trade deadline (they can also send players on conditioning assignments, but there's a two week time limit and the player has to stay on the NHL roster and get paid his NHL salary during that time). Players can only play in the AHL playoffs if they were in the AHL or a lower league at the deadline (and in the case of college free agents, if they go to the AHL on a tryout contract and not to an NHL contract).