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3thirty · 07-02-2020, 10:15 AM

it's 24 for the AHL, 25 for the main roster.

I signed 4 overagers in February, and I think could squeeze them in due to injuries or something on the main roster.

I can cut all 4 now, move some AHLers to my roster, sign my UFA's and I'm compliant and see how the overagers fair whenever we have a draft if someone else hasn't signed them. But then I am forced to make a decision before the draft, same as the excess ECHL draft picks.

But part of my sell off involved a ton of AHL prospects and I figured I could make a decision on keeping 1 or 2 overagers based on the draft now, not a whole lot different then you making a trade for more picks then ECHL spots and making that decision before the season.

07-02-2020, 10:15 AM	#10
3thirty #1 Goaltender Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Back in Calgary Exp:	it's 24 for the AHL, 25 for the main roster. I signed 4 overagers in February, and I think could squeeze them in due to injuries or something on the main roster. I can cut all 4 now, move some AHLers to my roster, sign my UFA's and I'm compliant and see how the overagers fair whenever we have a draft if someone else hasn't signed them. But then I am forced to make a decision before the draft, same as the excess ECHL draft picks. But part of my sell off involved a ton of AHL prospects and I figured I could make a decision on keeping 1 or 2 overagers based on the draft now, not a whole lot different then you making a trade for more picks then ECHL spots and making that decision before the season.