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Originally Posted by Chingas
When is the roster limit lifted? Is there a window so that players are playoff eligible without using one of the four call ups, yet not being over the current limit?
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The 23 man roster limit is lifted as of midnight on deadline day. From now until the end of the season, a team can have as many players on its active roster as it wants as long as the roster is cap compliant.
Any player who is on a team's reserve list at the deadline (3:00pm ET, 1:00pm MT) is eligible to play in the NHL playoffs.
Any player who was on a team's reserve list but not on the active roster at the trade deadline (such as a junior or college player, a player in the AHL, or an injured player) is still eligible to play in the NHL for the remainder of the regular season and playoffs. These players (except injured players -- subject to some conditions) are also eligible to play in the AHL playoffs. Players who are on an NHL team's active roster at the deadline are not eligible to be sent to the AHL except in certain situations for post-injury conditioning loans.
Teams can only make a total of 4 recalls from the AHL between the trade deadline and the end of the regular season (players can be added from junior or college without counting against the recall limit -- but are still subject to the cap). Once the playoffs begin, a team can have up to a maximum of 3 players recalled from the AHL since the trade deadline on its roster at any one time until the AHL team's season has ended (they can have 4 recalled players if all players were recalled during the regular season). Once the AHL team is done playing, there is no limit on the number of "Black Aces" an NHL team can have during the playoffs.
This year, for the Flames, Valimaki presents an interesting case because he is on the Flames roster on LTIR. As such, I believe the following section of the CBA applies to his situation and he should be eligible for a loan to the AHL if he is cleared to play soon...
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Originally Posted by CBA 13.12.j.iii
A Player may be Loaned (with the Player's consent) provided such Player (a) was on Recall and was determined to be disabled as of the Trade Deadline, (b) is determined to be fit to play prior to such Loan, and (c) was on the Active Roster for less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the period from the beginning of the Regular Season up to and including the date on which he was determined to be disabled.
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