Tyler Durden
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- Sep 18, 2009
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With Moller gone now, Schenn has to make the Kings line-up next year right, what do you guys think? I think he is definatly ready and will be playing in LA for the 2011-2012 NHL season.
Not a sure thing by any stretch. But he is the heavy favorite to be the #3 to start the year, and eventually step into Stoll's spot at #2. But Loktionov is lurking if he can get healthy for camp.
If you played in the CHL you have to be 20 years old (or have 4 CHL seasons under your belt) to play in the AHL, but you can make the jump to the NHL any time post-draft. The idea is to keep talent in the CHL, but still let the truly exceptional players go to the NHL. IMO it screws over a lot of highly-talented-but-not-phenom players though, maybe 1 forced post-draft year in the CHL makes sense, but 2 is a lot. So many of these guys are just clearly too good for the CHL, but not quite good enough for the NHL, I don't think guys like Schenn are developing the skills they'll need down the road dominating 16/17/18 year olds and less talented 19/20 year olds in the CHL, they IMO should have the option to develop in the AHL where they'd be truly challenged against grown men.Why didn't Schenn play in the AHL this year? Would that have burnt up a year of his ELC?
Sorry for my ignorance, butttt... what happened to Moller again?
If you played in the CHL you have to be 20 years old (or have 4 CHL seasons under your belt) to play in the AHL, but you can make the jump to the NHL any time post-draft. The idea is to keep talent in the CHL, but still let the truly exceptional players go to the NHL. IMO it screws over a lot of highly-talented-but-not-phenom players though, maybe 1 forced post-draft year in the CHL makes sense, but 2 is a lot. So many of these guys are just clearly too good for the CHL, but not quite good enough for the NHL, I don't think guys like Schenn are developing the skills they'll need down the road dominating 16/17/18 year olds and less talented 19/20 year olds in the CHL, they IMO should have the option to develop in the AHL where they'd be truly challenged against grown men.
I know this is OT, but has any NHL team ever tried to get around this by sending a kid drafted out of the CHL to play in the SEL, SM-Liiga, etc?
I believe its where your drafted out of. So the rule would of applied to Schenn even if they sent him to SEL this year. And on a side note, why would a player accept that kind of treatment. It is a dream to play major junior for most Canadian kids and to go play in another country just so they are AHL eligible isn't that enticing IMO.