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Originally Posted by Mister Yamoto

0 Colorado (what the hell)

1 Toronto............,,.Rielly

2 Vancouver...........Corraddo, Virtanen
2 Washington..........Carrick, Burakovsky

3 Calgary................Ferland, Granlund, Baertschi
3 NY Islanders.........Nelson, Niederreiter, Strome
3 NY Rangers...........Lindberg, Fast, Miller
3 San Jose...............Nieto, Tierney, Mueller
3 Jets ....................Burmistrov, Lowry, Schiefle

4 Dallas..................Klingberg, Nemeth, Jokipakka, Oleksiak
4 Los Angeles..........Toffoli, Shore, Andreoff, Pearson
4 Boston..................Trotman Cunningham, Spooner, Pastrnak
4 Minnesota.............Coyle, Zucker, Granlund, Dumba
4 Florida..................Petrovic, Howden, Shaw, Trocheck
4 Nashville..............Watson, Salomaki, Sissons, Arvidsson
4 Philadelphia...........Mcginn, Couturier, Gostisbehere, Laughton
4 St Louis................Schwartz, Edmundson, Jaskin, Parayko

5 Ottawa..................Stone, Pageau, Prince, Zibanejad, Ceci
5 New Jersey............Merril, Boucher, Larsson, Severson, Matteau
5 Edmonton..............Marincin, Davidson, Klefbom, Nurse, Pakarinen
5 Phoenix..................Rieder, Gormley, Murphy, Martinook, Domingue(46gp)
5 Carolina................Faulk, Rask, Murphy, Slavin, Pesce
5 Columbus..............Prout, Johanson, Jenner, Dano, Chaput

6 Montreal...............Bournival, Gallager, Tinordi, Beaulieu, Andrighetto, De La Rose
6 Detroit..................Mrazek, Pulkinen, Jarnkrok, Sheahan, Marchenko, Jurko

7 Buffalo..................Larsson, Pysyk, Mcabe, Girgensons, Grigorenko, Ristolianen, Zadorov
7 Chicago.................Nordstrom, Shaw, Dahlbeck, Saad, Clendening, Danault, Teravainen

8 Tampa Bay............Gudas, Connolly, Palat, Nesterov, Kucherov, Namestnikov, Paquette, Drouin

9 Anahiem................Wagner, Smith-Pelly, Etem, Manson, Karlsson, Gibson, Rakell, Andersen, Lindholm

So, explain this list to me.

I see that these are players from each team who played in their AHL affiliate, but what are the criteria for determining who is an NHL player? And what is the cut-off date for their last AHL roster appearance? And is it really equitable to include NHL players with only a handful of AHL games played (i.e. Jake Virtanen) but no AHL players who have already played only a handful of NHL games?