Yeah, I could be wrong! LOL.............But, that's how I heard it. I haven't looked into any of it.........But, I would have the same questions as you. I have no idea why he couldn't just play in Rochester...........Another guess from just listening without reading up on it - it seems like you can only send two down to the AHL at a time...........So, they seemed to get an extra on out of this "conditioning" loophole.
I'm not standing by anything I say here! (I usually am quite sure of what I'm saying but not with this one)