Frankly, I had no idea long-term conditioning stints existed. And yet, if any team were to find such a loophole in the CBA, you better believe it would be the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The @MapleLeafs announced today that the team has assigned forward Nikita Soshnikov to the @TorontoMarlies (AHL) on a long-term injury conditioning loan. #TMLtalk
— Leafs PR (@LeafsPR) February 1, 2018
According to a wonderful article courtesy of Pension Plan Puppets, this conditioning loan grants Soshnikov a maximum of five games in the AHL, an extension on the standard three-game loan.