Arizona Coyotes send C Dylan Strome to the AHL.

With all that out of the way, here’s every roster move completed before the 2017-18 NHL holiday roster freeze. The NHL will take a scheduled Christmas break from Sunday, Dec. NHL teams also must stay cap compliant during this time, so any moves can be made to keep teams within the boundaries of the salary cap and the roster limit. Free agents can be signed during the freeze and any player placed on waivers before the freeze and is claimed after must report to their new team.

Players in a team’s AHL system can be recalled to fill a hole in their team, allowing teams to keep a healthy roster during the freeze. It’s a nice gesture that ensures a player’s job security during the holidays, and keeps NHL teams from gaining a competitive edge via trades in the lull of the week surrounding Christmas. The NHL’s roster freeze is put into place so that no player may be moved during the holiday season. Simply stated, it prevents any players on NHL active rosters or injured reserve from being traded, waived or loaned. Via NHL.com, the roster freeze can be summed up as follows: During this time, no NHL team can trade or move a player in an agreement that requires waivers.

This week-long roster freeze is a system built into the NHL’s collective bargaining agreement. ET, the NHL will officially “freeze” rosters until 12:01 a.m. The holiday season is upon us, which means the NHL’s annual holiday roster freeze is here.

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