CHL can now play NCAA - change everything !

[Fatass]

Intersection of cba reserve list and ncaa restrictions on players with existing nhl contracts will impact that.

How, if the drafted players haven’t signed their elc’s? Guys are drafted at 18. They then continue in the CHL for their 19 year old season. When they turn 20, they go to a US college instead of signing their elc and ending up in the AHL. Play in college to develop physically and be nhl ready.
This new ruling will harm the tier two junior leagues and the minor pros. It will help the CHL and the ncaa.

 

[WarriorofTime]

How, if the drafted players haven’t signed their elc’s? Guys are drafted at 18. They then continue in the CHL for their 19 year old season. When they turn 20, they go to a US college instead of signing their elc and ending up in the AHL. Play in college to develop physically and be nhl ready.
This new ruling will harm the tier two junior leagues and the minor pros. It will help the CHL and the ncaa.

Because they’d come off the reserve list and have to go into the draft at present.

 

[Juniorhockeyguru]

How, if the drafted players haven’t signed their elc’s? Guys are drafted at 18. They then continue in the CHL for their 19 year old season. When they turn 20, they go to a US college instead of signing their elc and ending up in the AHL. Play in college to develop physically and be nhl ready.
This new ruling will harm the tier two junior leagues and the minor pros. It will help the CHL and the ncaa.

BCHL all flexing their muscles over getting those 5 Alberta teams last year. They are going to end up being feeders to the CHL, and they'll end up getting Div 3 players for the NCAA.


More 15-17 year olds that didn't want to lose their eligibility will come and play during those 16-18 years before they're off to the NCAA.

Junior A as is is cooked, and that goes for the BCHL.

Maybe the WHL can absorb the richer teams such as Brooks, Okotoks, Blackfalds, Spruce Grove and Sherwood Park.

Have a new Alberta Conference

Lethbridge
Calgary
Medicine Hat
Edmonton
Brooks
Sherwood Park
Blackfalds
Spruce Grove
Red Deer

 

[jtechkid]

How, if the drafted players haven’t signed their elc’s? Guys are drafted at 18. They then continue in the CHL for their 19 year old season. When they turn 20, they go to a US college instead of signing their elc and ending up in the AHL. Play in college to develop physically and be nhl ready.
This new ruling will harm the tier two junior leagues and the minor pros. It will help the CHL and the ncaa.

agree

 

[Bubbles]

Am i the only one who thinks that this is a nothingburger, unless the NCAA also allows players who have signed Pro contracts. Until that happens, then I don't see this changing the landscape of junior, college, or pro hockey much.

As @WarriorofTime has mentioned, and I mentioned it myself, that this potential ruling is only on players that have completed their CHL agreements, essentially 20+ players that have aged out of the CHL and unlikely to have secured a pro contract.

Players such as Braxton Whitehead would immediately benefit from such a decision. He's going to age out this year, American and wants to continue playing in the NCAA.

People are jumping to conclusions that suddenly the NCAA has free reign to recruit CHLers at any age, or suddenly kids are jumping out of their CHL agreements. We are very far from that.

 

[jtechkid]

As @WarriorofTime has mentioned, and I mentioned it myself, that this potential ruling is only on players that have completed their CHL agreements, essentially 20+ players that have aged out of the CHL and unlikely to have secured a pro contract.

Players such as Braxton Whitehead would immediately benefit from such a decision. He's going to age out this year, American and wants to continue playing in the NCAA.

People are jumping to conclusions that suddenly the NCAA has free reign to recruit CHLers at any age, or suddenly kids are jumping out of their CHL agreements. We are very far from that.

thx for info - yea i have no clue lol

 

[boredmale]

It could indirectly benefit the CHL, while they will lose some players to the NCAA, it also means that they will get alot of those players who want to go to College play for them as 16 and 17 year olds