Prospect too young to demote to ECHL??

Trefilov22 · 02-07-2017, 09:38 PM

Trying to figure out why I can't demote a player to the ECHL that I just signed from the prospects page? Says he is too young, but he is 19... I can send to AHL but not ECHL. I am playing as the Washington Capitals.

Tiger Fan · 02-07-2017, 09:40 PM

19 year olds from CHL can't play in minors. Have to stay on your NHL roster or be returned to their junior team

JeffR · 02-07-2017, 11:39 PM

ECHL has a minimum age of 20 in addition to that. Daniel Vladar, a Bruins prospect, is actually playing there at 19 right now, but they seem to have made a special case for him. I'm going to look into that a little further to see if the standard practice is to allow players under NHL contract an exemption (which, if true, is going to be an ugly little mess to figure out how to handle.)

DaximusPrimus · 02-11-2017, 02:49 PM

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Originally Posted by JeffR

ECHL has a minimum age of 20 in addition to that. Daniel Vladar, a Bruins prospect, is actually playing there at 19 right now, but they seem to have made a special case for him. I'm going to look into that a little further to see if the standard practice is to allow players under NHL contract an exemption (which, if true, is going to be an ugly little mess to figure out how to handle.)

Euro and American goaltenders are exempt from that rule. A euro goalie can play in the ECHL or AHL at any age. It's just very rare for any American or euro goalie to sign an ELC under 20 years old. Canadian goaltenders would be exempt as well if they decide to play college, USHL or overseas.

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JeffR FHM Producer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Kelowna, BC Posts: 17,433	ECHL has a minimum age of 20 in addition to that. Daniel Vladar, a Bruins prospect, is actually playing there at 19 right now, but they seem to have made a special case for him. I'm going to look into that a little further to see if the standard practice is to allow players under NHL contract an exemption (which, if true, is going to be an ugly little mess to figure out how to handle.)