Sunday morning was the final day for players to be placed on waivers for the purposes of sending them to the American Hockey League to stay eligible to play in that league this season. Well, the waiver wire announcement came and went and there were no Calgary Flames on it.
So what does that mean?
Well, first, a summary of the AHL roster rules for the playoffs from Inside AHL Hockey’s Tony Androckitis:
There are a handful of players on the NHL roster that won’t require waivers to be sent to the AHL to stay eligible to play down there:
- Dillon Dube – on an entry-level deal
- Oliver Kylington – on an entry-level deal
- Alexander Yelesin – on an entry-level deal
- Juuso Valimaki – on an entry-level deal
- Buddy Robinson – waiver eligible normally, but cleared waivers in September and hasn’t been in the NHL for 30 days yet
But aside from that quartet (who, again, would need to go down tomorrow to be eligible), nobody on the current NHL roster can play for Stockton after the trade deadline.