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Originally Posted by sureLoss
According to capfriendly it is a LTI conditioning loan, which means he can be sent down for the longer of 6 days or 3 games and then the Flames can apply to Bettman to extend the stint by an additional 2 games.
Assuming Bettman grants the Flames request, then the latest Stone can stay with Stockton is right after the March 16 game. Otherwise he will be back after the March 10 game.
Kind of interesting (if capfriendly's information is accurate) that it is a LTI conditioning loan, because this type of conditioning loan was designed to allow teams put a player on LTIR a conditioning loan in the AHL without counting towards the 23 man roster limit where a normal conditioning loan still counts towards the 23 man roster limit. Since the Flames aren't in a position to need LTIR for cap space and the 23 man roster limit was lifted on trade deadline day there is really no benefit for the team to do this type of loan over a normal conditioning stint. I would have to think it was the agent's doing to do this type of conditioning loan to minimize the time spent in the AHL by Stone.
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Can you elaborate on this last point about what the Agent/Player gets out of a more limited time in the AHL?
He's paid the same, correct? Is it a 'away from home' factor?