He's ready for the Clash at Bowman Gray next weekend. If you know you know
This is mostly correct except that Quebec probably isn't the poorest province. It is certainly true that the Q's territory in Canada is economically below Ontario and the western provinces.
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Is it just me or are most of the CHL guys committing to the NCAA are guys who probably would have went the Usports route or lower than AHL route in NA or Europe?
It shouldn’t be surprising that high-profile CHL players who are central to the success of their team and have years of theoretical eligibility in the CHL left aren’t announcing in the middle of the season that they plan to leave the team. That would be awkward at best for the players. It makes sense why they would be waiting until the season ends to make their announcements even jf they already have an agreement with a college in principle. This has been alluded to with Michael Misa, for instance.
Yes this might be so and my comment was an observation not a predictor or judgment of anything going forward and it will be very interesting to see how things unfold in the next several years.
Hence why I think hockey turns into quasi baseball with how the MLB Draft works for HS guys: those high end HS guys have an NCAA commitment lined up as a fall back option in case they aren't drafted high/aren't offered the slot money they want, but most sign and bypass university, forcing the NCAA coaches to fill spots through JUCO/portal/other new recruits
Would need to make all players immediately eligible for the AHL for this to make sense. HS baseball players move to the Minors when they sign, they don't just say stay playing high school. Without a direct Draft -> AHL path, it doesn't make a lot of sense that top Americans in particular will all of a sudden stop playing in the NCAA their D+1. I don't think the ELC + Slide is as appealing as it's been discussed, and think the NCAA season + sign at end of the year is a bit of an overlooked factor.
