Early on Wednesday, the Arizona Coyotes reassigned forward Conor Garland and goaltender Adin Hill back to their AHL club, the Tucson Roadrunners.
The assignment takes place just hours before the NHL’s Holiday Roster Freeze, which comes into effect at 11:59 p.m. tonight, and until 12:01 a.m. on December 28. Given the rules of the NHL Roster Freeze, there should be no cause for alarm for this move and it should only be temporary.
The NHL’s current Collective Bargaining Agreement reveals:
d) Holiday Roster Freeze.
(i) For all Players on an NHL Active Roster, Injured Reserve, or Players with Non-Roster and Injured Non-Roster status as of 11:59 p.