When the league returned to play last season for the “playoffs” each team brought an expanded roster to it. The New York Rangers had 30 players which included 27 skaters and 3 goaltenders.
For next season, they are not talking about expanded rosters but “taxi squads”. The issue with expanded rosters are basically cap related. There is no cap to worry about in the playoffs, but the regular season is a different ball of wax.
According to early reports, these taxis squads would consist of 5 skaters and 1 goalie. The caveat, is they would have to be on an AHL salary (under the $1.