Because he passed his 9 game ELC limit. Does that only affect his contract or is he not allowed to be sent down to the CHL after those 9 games as well?
if they pass the 9 games they burn year 1. The players contract does not slide which also affects waiver rules and waiver exemption. You don’t want to do this.
f*** the CHL dinosaurs and what they "want".
It's pretty well known that the level of competition can have a great influence on an athlete's development. More and more studies even show that there are optimal ratios of success/failure to maximize learning and development.
It's science.
The CHL is a perfectly adequate league and some players will benefit from being there at 19 and 20 and become great NHL players. For others, though, the CHL may be too easy and the NHL may be to steep of an upgrade. They need to learn at a pro level, but not with the elite.
There are ways to think outside the box and help the CHL without sacrificing the interests of its players. For too long, the CHL has been stubborn and refused to evolve in too many ways.
the science of development is an 8n exact science.
you have some players who exceed at the CHL, but does not at the A. Another player stays in CHL for 2 yrs, does 4 yrs in AHL thrn makes the nhl.
The NFL and NBA have draft restrictions that preclude 18 year-olds.
NFL - 3 years removed from HS graduation
NBA - 1 year removed from HS graduation + must be at least 19 by the end of the calendar year of the draft.
it’s bern talked about raising the age for draft to 19 yrs old and the nhl team would have more player control like 1st and 2nd can go to the AHL.
Man even as a Canadian I've previously thought that at least "Integrating" the CHL into the NHL umbrella would be ideal for this situation. Mostly my mind set is getting people paid for what they do ASAP.
It has the potential to really pinch the ECHL and push them out of the umbrella but if the hierarchy was NHL->AHL->Major Jr than you'd have free flow of contracted players between the 3 levels. The current structure with the ECHL doesn't need to go away but it tends to be infrequently beneficial for the NHL.
It would be really cool to see all drafted players by an NHL team be playing together on a Major Jr team. It would elevate the quality of Major Jr. Economics would determine which markets survive and you'd then see Jr B step up in quality too.
the issue is ECHL are too old for CHL.
Ideal situation would be if NCAA teams changed their rules so CHL guys could transfer in.
Given players getting paid in college, this eligibility rules could change or arrangements made where players in the CHL can maintain ncaa eligibility by restructuring some things Such as players playing in the CHL not yet draft eligible can go to ncaas.
players eligible in 23 play CHL, get drafted, then go ncaa like how USHL players do. The affects of this would be killing the Canadian U18 league that maintains ncaa eligibility.
theother isdue I posed a question about…..
be ause of Covid and the cancelled CHL season of20/21 there are a few players who in 23/23 or 23/24 season would have done 4 yrs in CHL so nhl clubs coukd send them to AHL at 19. Because of the cancelled season 23/23 or 23/24 would be their 4th season thus it appears they have to go back to the CHL.
