CHL/NCAA

[bigsportsfan]

3) No one is going to know for sure who is or isn’t going to be leaving until next September.

True, and after the NHL draft additional players are expected to commit to the NCAA so that number may go up.

My point was many OHL supporters are ignoring the OA players that are not returning and instead going to the NCAA. Most of those players are high quality players and the loss of those players will hurt the quality of the league.

 

[OMG67]

True, and after the NHL draft additional players are expected to commit to the NCAA so that number may go up.

My point was many OHL supporters are ignoring the OA players that are not returning and instead going to the NCAA. Most of those players are high quality players and the loss of those players will hurt the quality of the league.

And it may be offset by the American kids coming to the OHL. Will the OHL skew younger? Maybe. But I’d rather have the younger Americans that have more elite skill for three years than the mature OAs that are essentially hanging out an extra season.

The NCAA will start to skew older which will push out the 18 year olds. That means it is USHL for three years or CHL for three years. The American players will need to pick one. And the ceiling has not been reached for american players. The sport has tons of room to grow, unlike Canada. In a decade or so, USA will likely take over hockey dominance. That increases the total number of players which creates a much bigger pool.

I think hockey growth is poised for a rather large boom overall. I’m not saying it will catch Football or Basketball but the gap will narrow a bit and that will only help the CHL, NCAA and USHL.

 

[RB76]

Mckenna to Penn State

 

[Section7fan]

Pierce Mbuyi to Penn State. Just keeps getting worse.

 

[tomschman]

1) stop using AI to do your work for you.

2) the big names currently set for a 2025-26 freshman year from the OHL are Epperson, Ivankovic, and Spence. Any others are either farther out or not confirmed commitments yet.

3) No one is going to know for sure who is or isn’t going to be leaving until next September. Guys can sign contracts, NHL teams could tell them to stay in junior, their NCAA team might not have room for them, etc. Plus there’s the Jan 10 deadline where you will see a couple guys come back because they don’t like their situation. It’s all still very fluid.

Artificial Intellegance is better than no intellegence.

 

[Helvigster]

Mckenna to Penn State

I don't think this is legitimate. I haven't seen anything concrete about McKenna leaving for Penn State so far, only that it could happen.

 

[Petes1987]

Pierce Mbuyi to Penn State. Just keeps getting worse.

Is there nothing the OHL to stop players who were signed with their teams prior to the rule change from leaving OHL to play US College Hockey? Cannot they not hold them to their OHL Standard Player Contracts for remainder of their eligibility?

 

[coolhandluc44]

Is there nothing the OHL to stop players who were signed with their teams prior to the rule change from leaving OHL to play US College Hockey? Cannot they not hold them to their OHL Standard Player Contracts for remainder of their eligibility?

The only thing they can do is not give their scholarship money if they have not played their age 19 season but that won’t matter because guys leaving early like a Mbuyi will be on a full ride scholarship anyways

 

[RayzorIsDull]