![From the hockey community on Reddit: [Daugherty] I’ve been told NHL teams received correspondence recently that the “one 19 year old in the AHL” rules is official now. It was an MOU before, but now it’s set in stone.](https://preview.redd.it/g9d8wh3zm1bh1.png?width=140&height=57&auto=webp&s=699e8960e1d775f9e968c510669625bc426e7f7f)
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From the hockey community on Reddit: [Daugherty] I’ve been told NHL teams received correspondence recently that the “one 19 year old in the AHL” rules is official now. It was an MOU before, but now it’s set in stone.
As the post says, it was expected but now it’s official. This is good news for Carbonneau as he seems like the mostly likely to take this slot. Under the previous provision, I believe he would’ve been in one of those unfortunate circumstances where he’d either have to make the NHL team or go back to the CHL since he isn’t yet 20 (turns 20 in November) but now he has a direct path to start the year in Springfield. His production suggests he should be done with the Q but not ready for the NHL, so this would be a great fit. I’m pretty intrigued to see the Thunderbirds roster assuming they retain a lot of the playoff team and add guys like Jiricek (already 20) and Carbonneau.
u/NRS1991 — 3 days ago