Wieters
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- Mar 2, 2024
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Because most everyone agrees that the quality/depth of college hockey will improve from this change, there's a plausible reality where the NCAA becomes a rite of passage for most NHL players in a way that it isn't now. In that case, it will be normal/expected for players to move on from the CHL to college hockey once they are NCAA eligible.But he wasn't playing for a team that was encouraging him not to go to college. Kitchener and just about any CHL team will do everything in their power to discourage their players from leaving early to the NCAA. That is the fundamental difference.
If, as you're suggesting, there are CHL teams actively discouraging players from moving on to a league that the player has an interest/commitment to, that can match their resources/developmental ability, is a step-up in difficulty, and is a normal stage of NHLers development arc, then are they acting in the players' interests?