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AHL's Development Rule |
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Of the 18 skaters (not counting the two goaltenders) that teams may 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. |
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Starting in 2020-21, players that are not age 25 by July 1st before the season, will be exempted from veteran status. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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*European Elite Leagues: The following leagues qualify as leagues that contribute to ones veteran or veteran exempt status. National League A (Switzerland), Czech Extraliga (Czech Republic), Slovak Extraliga (Slovakia), Kontinental Hockey League (Russia), Swedish Hockey League/Swedish Elite League (Sweden), Liiga (Finland) and Deutsche Eishockey Liga (Germany). |