AHL's Development Rule
 

Of the 18 skaters (not counting the two goaltenders) the team can dress for a game, at least 13 must be qualified as "development players". Of those 13, 12 must have played in 260 or fewer professional regular season games (AHL, NHL or any European elite league*), and one must have played in 320 or fewer professional regular season games. All calculations for development status are based on regular-season totals before the start of the current season. Pro games in Europe while player is junior aged won't count.
 
Since 2020-21, players that are not age 25 by July 1st before the season, will be exempted from veteran status.
 
**Not currently with the team
Players Games Dev - 260 Dev - 320 Veterans
Arseneau, Vincent 319   X X
Beck, Owen 150 X    
Belzile, Alex 559     X
Bentley, Dillan 6 X    
Berard, Brett 193 X    
Condotta, Lucas** 288   X X
Dauphin, Laurent 574     X
Davidson, Jared 170 X    
Dion, Jacob 5 X    
Dubinsky, Aiden 1 X    
Engström, Adam** 177 X    
Haché, Braden 104 X    
Legkov, Alexander** 0 X    
McCallum, Kale** 0 X    
McKown, Hunter 196 X    
Mešár, Filip 116 X    
Mianscum, Israël 3 X    
Mittelstadt, Luke 9 X    
Nadeau, Josh 2 X    
Pastujov, Sasha 160 X    
Pickford, Bryce** 0 X    
Poulin, Samuel 271   X X
Protz, Owen 0 X    
Reinbacher, David 80 X    
Samson, Ethan 172 X    
Simoneau, Xavier 216 X    
Szuber, Maksymilian 247 X    
Thorpe, Tyler 69 X    
Walsh, Reilly 373     X
Xhekaj, Florian** 141 X    
 
*European Elite Leagues: The following leagues qualify as leagues that contribute to one's veteran or veteran exempt status. National League (Switzerland), Czech Extraliga (Czech Republic), Slovak Extraliga (Slovakia), Kontinental Hockey League (Russia), Swedish Hockey League (Sweden), Liiga (Finland) and Deutsche Eishockey Liga (Germany).