Confirmed with Link: CBJ sign Caleb MacDonald to 2 year ELC (college UFA)

[CBJWerenski8]

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

we got 2 of these guys now.

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Caleb MacDonald​

D, 22, North Dakota (NCHC)

MacDonald is a 6-foot-3, 224-pound defenseman who blocks shots and plays a tough game. It’s not a strong year for free-agent blueliners, which means he has been in demand. Coming out of the Alberta Jr. A League, he wasn’t afraid to fight, and though there are no fisticuffs in college hockey, it’s good to know he has that in his back pocket.

 

[Monk]

Woohoo! More bagels for dinner

 

[Nanabijou]

Looks like his contract doesn't start until next year, unlike Williams. Puckpedia has the CBJ at 49 contracts so they'd be up against the max if he joined the team this year. It probably doesn't really matter but this does still give them the flexibility to sign someone else this season.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Woohoo! More bagels for dinner

This post is a winner winner.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

Looks like his contract doesn't start until next year, unlike Williams. Puckpedia has the CBJ at 49 contracts so they'd be up against the max if he joined the team this year. It probably doesn't really matter but this does still give them the flexibility to sign someone else this season.

Looks like he was injured anyway.

 

[Nanabijou]

I don’t understand the rules for the AHL. Werenski joined the Monsters after his college season ended but it looks like Williams is ineligible. Yet Pinelli can go there so it’s not a deadline.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

I don’t understand the rules for the AHL. Werenski joined the Monsters after his college season ended but it looks like Williams is ineligible. Yet Pinelli can go there so it’s not a deadline.

Werenski signed a ATO agreement with Cleveland and then his NHL deal started the next season as I recall.

I'm sure it has to do with Williams signing his NHL deal after the deadline versus PInelli signing before the deadline and Pinelli being a promotion and not a demotion from the NHL.

I feel like the gist of it is that they don't want NHL teams flooding the AHL with their eligible NHL players for the playoffs after the NHL season ends. Which is why an NHL player needs to be on the AHL roster on deadline day.

 

[Nanabijou]

Werenski signed a ATO agreement with Cleveland and then his NHL deal started the next season as I recall.

I'm sure it has to do with Williams signing his NHL deal after the deadline versus PInelli signing before the deadline and Pinelli being a promotion and not a demotion from the NHL.

I feel like the gist of it is that they don't want NHL teams flooding the AHL with their eligible NHL players for the playoffs after the NHL season ends. Which is why an NHL player needs to be on the AHL roster on deadline day.

This makes sense, thanks for that. I had forgotten Zach signed an ATO with Cleveland rather than signing with Jackets right out of college.