Literally the first player to leave the USHL for the OHL is an 18 year old committed to play for Minnesota.
Eliteprospects.com hockey player profile of Hayden Reid, 2006-06-21 Orono, ON, CAN Canada. Most recently in the OHL with Flint Firebirds. Complete player biography and stats.
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You parsed the quote. The intention of the comment was that player would play in the OHL as a 16 and 17 year old then leave as an 18 year old. By pasting this tweet, you are specifically saying this player is not going to return next year for Flint and that is a guarantee. My point is players won’t do that. They will join the OHL and stay and when they are done, they will join the NCAA.
From a development standpoint, there is no reason for a player to play as a 16 and 17 year old in the OHL. It is a much more difficult league for younger players. If they are going NCAA at 18, they will stay in the USHL.
I cannot see a situation where players like this one you have highlighted will sign to play in Flint for 5 months and leave next year. It makes absolutely zero sense unless there are extenuating circumstances where the player is having issues with his USHL team.
MArk my words here and hold them for next year in case I am wrong but I think there is an almost zero percent chance this kid plays for Minnesota next year.
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