{"id":917007,"date":"2026-11-14T10:52:13","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T10:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/917007\/"},"modified":"2026-11-14T10:52:13","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T10:52:13","slug":"stars-preparing-to-use-conditioning-loan-loophole-to-send-goaltender-remi-poirier-to-ahl-for-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/917007\/","title":{"rendered":"Stars preparing to use conditioning loan loophole to send goaltender R\u00e9mi Poirier to AHL\u2026 for now"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Dallas Stars<\/a> are doing their best to keep goaltender R\u00e9mi Poirier<\/a> sharp in a difficult situation.<\/p>\n

According to DLLS Sports\u2019 Owen Newkirk<\/a>, the Stars recently had their AHL affiliate, the Texas Stars, reassign one of their goaltenders to the ECHL, likely freeing up a spot for Poirier to head to the AHL. However, Poirier won\u2019t be departing the NHL as a regular demotion, as that would require him to go back on waivers. Instead, he\u2019ll head down for a \u201cconditioning loan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Looks like the Dallas Stars might be preparing to send R\u00e9mi Poirier down to the AHL’s Texas Stars on a conditioning loan \u2013 as hinted by coach Glen Gulutzan earlier this week. https:\/\/t.co\/JJ0cDXIFo8<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Owen Newkirk (@OwenNewkirk) November 13, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

In doing so, the Stars get Poirier playing time \u2014 his first of the 2026-27 season \u2014 for the 14 days he is allowed to spend in the AHL without risking the Washington Capitals<\/a> reclaiming him. If the Stars waive him and the Caps are the only team to file a claim, Washington could send Poirier directly to the Hershey Bears.<\/p>\n

While in the AHL on loan, Poirier will still count against Dallas\u2019 23-man roster limit and the salary cap. Despite being on a two-way contract that pays him only $135k in the AHL, Poirier will still be paid as if he were in the NHL ($850k). He also has to consent to the loan before Dallas can send him down.<\/p>\n

Gary Bettman, the NHL\u2019s commissioner, has final say on conditioning loans and can deny them if he believes there is no legitimate basis. Poirier, who has spent time with three different organizations this season, has yet to play in a game at any level. That comes after he made a career-high 52 AHL appearances with the Stars last year.<\/p>\n

Once Poirier completes his loan, he will be forced back up onto Dallas\u2019 NHL roster, where they are still carrying goalies Jake Oettinger<\/a> and Casey DeSmith<\/a>. The 25-year-old backstop was originally claimed off waivers by the Devils from the Stars in late September, and then traded to the Capitals for a seventh-round draft pick on November 1<\/a>.<\/p>\n

After spending eight days with Washington, the Capitals tried to sneak him through waivers to Hershey, but the Stars claimed him back<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Stars are doing their best to keep goaltender R\u00e9mi Poirier sharp in a difficult situation. According…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[66],"tags":[391,383056,4825,831,385,383057,99,9818,1791],"class_list":["post-917007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nhl","tag-ahl","tag-conditioning-loan","tag-dallas-stars","tag-featured","tag-nhl","tag-remi-poirier","tag-sports","tag-waivers","tag-washington-capitals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}