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
Andersson, Lias** 304     exempt
Beaudin, Nicolas** 156 X    
Bourque, Gabriel 734     X
Condotta, Lucas** 7 X    
Davidson, Jared 0 X    
Galipeau, Olivier 72 X    
Gignac, Brandon 225 X    
Heineman, Emil** 84 X    
Keeper, Brady** 109 X    
Kidney, Riley** 0 X    
Laaouan, Noah 2 X    
Maillet, Philippe** 332     X
Mailloux, Logan** 0 X    
McKay, Riley 39 X    
Merisier-Ortiz, Christopher 23 X    
Mysák, Jan** 62 X    
Norlinder, Mattias** 137 X    
Novak, Jakov 0 X    
Parker-Jones, John 20 X    
Paquette-Bisson, Tobie 145 X    
Roy, Joshua** 0 X    
Simoneau, Xavier** 62 X    
Stephens, Mitchell** 275   X X
Struble, Jayden** 9 X    
Tourigny, Miguël 39 X    
Trudeau, William** 60 X    
Voyer, Alex-Olivier 70 X    
Yaremko, Nolan 17 X    
Ylönen, Jesse** 170 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).