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How Players Can Still Move After Today's NHL Trade Deadline

Welcome to one of the wildest days on the hockey calendar: the NHL trade deadline.

Note of course that it's the NHL trade deadline. This is your standard annual reminder that the AHL trade deadline is seven days after the NHL deadline, next Friday, March 14.

Players can still move around the AHL after today in two situations:

NHL contracts in the AHL

Players on NHL contracts are generally assigned only to their AHL affiliate. Players can be assigned to any team in the AHL with the agreement of that AHL team, however.