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Originally Posted by JeffR
It's a workaround - AHL teams tend to sign more players than they do in real life (aside from independent teams), which can make the experience of managing an ECHL team really unpleasant when they send them all down because their parent has filled their roster with their own players. Having the SemiPro team or reserve list as the AHL affiliate lets them keep those guys as a "taxi squad" rather than overwhelming the ECHL with them.
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Originally Posted by Adam B
I would have to check, but I don't think it's a bug. I believe it was done because people playing the ECHL were getting too many players stolen/dumped from/on their rosters.
You can still send someone to a reserve list though, can you not?
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The workaround makes sense when explained. Do guys on these semi pro squads/taxi squads still have the chance to develop at the same rate? The AHL is a developmental league after all.
Would it make more sense for the ECHL team to be the one with a taxi squad, so that they can use that to put players they've signed if the AHL players sent are better?
One mechanic I've always liked in EHM was the ability to loan out players, so if you don't want to dump them all on one ECHL team, you can loan guys out to multiple different teams.