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**pug** · May 5th, 2008, 07:29 PM

What a painful ending
ECHL - Premier 'AA' Hockey League

PolarBear1 · May 5th, 2008, 08:23 PM

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Thawtz 'n' puhrayerz.

VegasHockey · May 5th, 2008, 09:13 PM

Bleh, no chance now of seeing Wranglers/Royals. Vegas is still in it, but I really wanted to see em up against Reading.

**SirJW** · May 5th, 2008, 09:21 PM

Thanks for all the updates, is there any talk that the team will be split up next season w/ The Kings having two "E" teams?

Royal_Roader · May 5th, 2008, 09:58 PM

SirJW, the ECHL is the most ridiculous league when it comes to forming a team. Every year the team basically starts out from scratch; player contracts are from year to year. The Royals (like every team) will get to "protect" only 8 players. There's usually a big turnover from season to season. I think this year we had 9 players return from last year, and one of those was a guy we signed out of college last March.

Then there's a salary cap, a limit on the number of veterans you can have on a team, guys moving up to AHL, guys heading to Europe, and players assigned by affiliates to further confuse things.

Now I'm going to go off and be depressed.

Crusader Knight · May 6th, 2008, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Royal_Roader

SirJW, the ECHL is the most ridiculous league when it comes to forming a team. Every year the team basically starts out from scratch; player contracts are from year to year. The Royals (like every team) will get to "protect" only 8 players. There's usually a big turnover from season to season. I think this year we had 9 players return from last year, and one of those was a guy we signed out of college last March.

Then there's a salary cap, a limit on the number of veterans you can have on a team, guys moving up to AHL, guys heading to Europe, and players assigned by affiliates to further confuse things.

Now I'm going to go off and be depressed.

I don't know much about the echl, but shouldn't they only be able to protect those not under nhl contract? the i imagine kings could easily say we dont want you in elmira so we're bringing you up to manchester then loan you to ontario or reading

Royal_Roader · May 7th, 2008, 12:20 PM

Crusader, you're correct. The NHL teams will assign players to their various affiliates as they see fit. It's only those under ECHL contracts who are protected.