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Hoping someone can help me out with this as I'm struggling to get my head around how Belfast have signed their 22nd import of the season.
Before last season the EIHL were very good at their communication on rules and published the new Roster Regulations. The document for which can still be found here: https://www.eliteleague.co.uk/document/15-2021-22-roster-regulations-summary. Throughout the season they then confirmed when players were going onto Injury Reserve and what that meant to players coming in.
This season they've been pretty poor on their communication, but they did before the season announce the game day roster limit had been increased but that the max number of non-homegrown players that could be signed (excluding IR cover) was staying at 20:
https://www.eliteleague.co.uk/article/2406-gameday-roster-size-increased-to-20
So Belfast start the season signing:
Lake(1) Baum(2) Goodwin(3) Cooper(4) Ruopp(5) Bast(6) Foley(7) Butcher(8) McAuley(9) Owre(10) Raine(11) Jones(12) Cullen(13) Gilbert(14) Angeli(15) Soy(16)
So that allows them 4 further changes, excluding those brought in 'temporarily' for players on the Injury Reserve List. So they go on to sign:
Roach(17) Neuls(18) Beskorowany(19) Eriksson(20) Cooper(21) McLeod(22).
Now, Raine retired. So although I never saw it mentioned at the time I guess they could claim that he is on the IR list? That would bring them down to 21.
In yesterday's press release they said that Soy (and Garside) is on the IR. So if Soy doesn't play at all again this season and McLeod covers him then that theoretically brings it down to 20.
But, although the limit is 20 one of those has to be reserved for an emergency netminder transfer after the deadline. Which means the limit is actually 19 (+1 reserved).
So what am I missing?
Before last season the EIHL were very good at their communication on rules and published the new Roster Regulations. The document for which can still be found here: https://www.eliteleague.co.uk/document/15-2021-22-roster-regulations-summary. Throughout the season they then confirmed when players were going onto Injury Reserve and what that meant to players coming in.
This season they've been pretty poor on their communication, but they did before the season announce the game day roster limit had been increased but that the max number of non-homegrown players that could be signed (excluding IR cover) was staying at 20:
https://www.eliteleague.co.uk/article/2406-gameday-roster-size-increased-to-20
So Belfast start the season signing:
Lake(1) Baum(2) Goodwin(3) Cooper(4) Ruopp(5) Bast(6) Foley(7) Butcher(8) McAuley(9) Owre(10) Raine(11) Jones(12) Cullen(13) Gilbert(14) Angeli(15) Soy(16)
So that allows them 4 further changes, excluding those brought in 'temporarily' for players on the Injury Reserve List. So they go on to sign:
Roach(17) Neuls(18) Beskorowany(19) Eriksson(20) Cooper(21) McLeod(22).
Now, Raine retired. So although I never saw it mentioned at the time I guess they could claim that he is on the IR list? That would bring them down to 21.
In yesterday's press release they said that Soy (and Garside) is on the IR. So if Soy doesn't play at all again this season and McLeod covers him then that theoretically brings it down to 20.
But, although the limit is 20 one of those has to be reserved for an emergency netminder transfer after the deadline. Which means the limit is actually 19 (+1 reserved).
So what am I missing?