It was all in the name of development that the Islanders sent Ryan Strome back to AHL Bridgeport on Wednesday, the No. 5 overall pick from 2011 packing his bag in Tampa and ending his first 15-game stint in the big leagues.
In the midst of a six-game road trip for the Islanders that resumes Thursday night against the Lightning and wraps up Saturday night in Philadelphia at the start of a home-and-home with the Flyers, Strome was nearing his limit of games that would have prevented him from playing in the AHL over the two-week Olympic break. Any player that participates in more than 15 of the team’s 20 games leading into the break, which begins Feb. 9, would not be eligible to play for their respective minor-league outlet during the NHL’s downtime, the league told teams in a memo before the season.
By Brett CyrgalisJanuary 15, 2014
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