Then Cam should have said they had a talk about possibly having Misa come there if that's the part that's true. If there isn't a firm plan in place to have him at BU next season, then Colby is right. What Cam said would be false.
Players can elect not to sign an ELC right away, especially knowing they are in all likelihood getting returned back to junior and having the contract slid. Many players have already done this, any really good ushl player certainly could have signed an ELC and been assigned to a CHL team that holds their rights. It’s not implausible that some CHL drafted players will likewise forego assigning an ELC right away and go to college for a year or two.
Sure but almost all of those USHL guys are Americans (a couple Canadians in there). And Americans by and large want to stay in America to play hockey and to do that they can't sign their ELC's. It's cultural as much as it is practical. Are Canadians really going to care about having the NCAA experience so much so that they don't sign their ELC? Are they going to care if they are in the NCAA at 19 vs in the AHL at 20?
Again, teams that draft these Canadian CHLers who may or may not care about the NCAA could strongly encourage their prospects to go to the NCAA for a year or two. My example a couple pages ago was the Boston Bruins (already known for trusting and loving the NCAA route, especially programs in their backyard) could draft Jake O'Brien and tell him to go to Boston College or Boston University for a year or two to develop better, retain his rights, and then sign him.
And why does he have to go there if he’s not under contract?
He doesn't, but it just would put him in the doghouse of the organization if he didn't follow their suggestions.
Or he goes and waits out his time until he’s a FA and clear of that team. It’s works both ways. GM’s would rather have their prospects signed and under control rather than not.
NHL teams have shown basically zero hesitance with respect to NCAA-bound players, so again, not getting where the NHL is trying to sledge hammer NCAA Hockey narrative I'm seeing from some is coming.
Teams tell certain people false info if they suspect them of leaking information to other people as they don't want their business getting out. It's a way to keep things internal. It makes a lot of sense that cam who's desperate for attention gets false information from his sources
He's not aging out he is a 05 and if you'd have read the article it says he's going back to the whl for his OA year before heading ncaa for 26-27 season
He will be aging out by the time he leaves, is that not the case? We knew that these types of players would be going to the NCAA. That hasn't really been the question, which is more about kids who are not aging out but are still NCAA eligible. And I fail to see how one prospect announcing his commitment to a college for the season by which he will no longer be able to play in the CHL reflects at all on that question. If you were just saying that it's the first announcement with an actual explanation for this one player and aren't saying it reflects more generally then I misinterpreted your post and that's my fault.
He's an 05. I don't think any 05 can be forced to being an overager. They could have just meant Qunnipiac wants him to go back for an age 20 season before they think he's ready for their team.
Most of the commits have been 04s so far but there's been some 05s but the tweets didn't say(from what I saw) if they'd be leaving the chl for ncaa the following year or going back for a OA year. This is the first one I've seen that says he's going back for sure to complete his chl eligibility first
I've always heard players as "completing eligibility" after their age 19 season, hence the age 20 specifically being referred to as "overager" and being limited to an exception of 3 per team.
This is completely made up. Misa and McKenna are Canadian citizens (and as far as I can tell have no American parents or connection that could get them an American passport). They would come to BC or another school on a student visa that would prohibit them from working and thus receiving any NIL money.
