Not being all that familiar with the peculiarities of the AHL, I had to look up Clear Day Rosters. It’s not much different from any other league’s Playoff Roster rules, except that the limits also apply to the last month of the season as well.

The Texas Stars were assigned Jamie Benn, who’s been up in Dallas but only getting very light playing time, to help with their playoff run and provide Benn with some playoff hockey seasoning. I can only assume we’ll be seeing a lot of him in the remaining games.

Left off the Clear Day Roster were Luke Gazdic and Mathieu Tousignant. Tousignant was a no brainer, but Gazdic is a bit of a let down. He may only have 3 points this season, but he’s an Enforcer of the old school variety and when he’s on the ice, you can tell that the team seems to have just that little extra spring in their step. Warren Peters, Scott McCulloch, and Ray Sawada do a great job bringing the hurt to the opposing lines when Gazdic’s not available, but there’s just something different about this team when he’s laced up for the night.

Seeing this roster also brought to my attention Tyler Shelast’s demotion to the Allen Americans. I’m not sure why he went to Allen instead of Idaho, but hopefully he’ll see more playing time in the CHL. Shelast is considered one of Dallas’ best prospects and I hope to see him playing every day in Texas next year.