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F Eli McKamey - Shawnigan Lake School Prep, CSSHL U15 (2027 Draft)

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Per Grand Forks Herald's Brad Schlossman (North Dakota and NCAA Hockey GOAT reporter), McKamey has accelerated so he's a junior this year and can commit to an NCAA program on August 1 when the recruiting window opens up. And thus, he'll play his draft year in the NCAA presuming he stays with that route.
 
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Hockeyville USA said:
Per Grand Forks Herald's Brad Schlossman (North Dakota and NCAA Hockey GOAT reporter), McKamey has accelerated so he's a junior this year and can commit to an NCAA program on August 1 when the recruiting window opens up. And thus, he'll play his draft year in the NCAA presuming he stays with that route.
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I don’t know if he’s *that* talented. But good for him.
 
Bubbles said:
There's a lot of mixed reactions from both sides of the border about the potential decision. NCAA teams want to strengthen their teams (not necessarily developing NHL players). Having a bunch of 20+ players with tons of hockey experience would boost any college team. This totally hurts USports team that had access to those players exclusively. No idea why Hockey Canada and the CHL would accept such decision, with no obvious benefit to themselves.

And CHL players get free tuition to universities in Canada, will that change if those players end up getting scholarships to the States?



No prob. Time to catch some Grizzlies games! Bit of a surprise he didn't choose a local team but the Vees are the best team in the league.
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Hockey Canada has no say in the matter. The only thing preventing CHL players from jumping to the NCAA right now are NCAA rules.
As far players thatve aged out of CHL why would HC want to stop them? U sports is where hockey careers go to die. Even current U students barely give a shit about U hockey.
 
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Wonder if the parents are from the Cowichan Valley, or moved in from somewhere else? Also, what his marks are like. Might give a clue as to where he is looking to go to school.
 
Andy Dufresne said:
As far players thatve aged out of CHL why would HC want to stop them? U sports is where hockey careers go to die. Even current U students barely give a shit about U hockey.
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That's not the point. The aged out CHLers aren't going to make hockey careers in college hockey either. Usports is pretty important to those that are playing, maybe not to you.
 
Looked great in preseason yesterday. Hattrick, was dangerous around the net all game. Plays PP1 already as well.
 
I suspect that the BCHL will be desperate to keep McKamey in the league, especially after granting him exceptional status, but I think there's a chance he joins the Royals, if not this year, then perhaps for next year, assuming that the CHL/NCAA rules change to allow him to maintain his NCAA eligibility even if he plays in the CHL. As a Royals fan, this would be absolutely amazing. A player of his caliber as a 2nd round pick is how a championship roster could be formed. This is pure speculation, mind you.
 
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macbowes said:
I suspect that the BCHL will be desperate to keep McKamey in the league, especially after granting him exceptional status, but I think there's a chance he joins the Royals, if not this year, then perhaps for next year, assuming that the CHL/NCAA rules change to allow him to maintain his NCAA eligibility even if he plays in the CHL. As a Royals fan, this would be absolutely amazing. A player of his caliber as a 2nd round pick is how a championship roster could be formed. This is pure speculation, mind you.
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Well he can't join the Royals this year since he's an 09 and didn't get exceptional status from the CHL. I'd put a lottttttttt of money on him signing with Victoria in the offseason, however.

Edit: I forgot about the new rules surrounding players who play a level up as they progress through minor hockey. Because McKamey played U18 as an underager last year, there's a chance he could be allowed to play 34 games with the Royals this season when he signs.
 
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Neutral Zone scouting just put out a short little scouting report on him:

Eli McKamey #11 (F, R, 5’10”, 174, Penticton Vees, 01/19/2009) – McKamey is an elite talent. As he becomes more comfortable at this level (which won’t take long), he will begin to jump off the page. That being said, he can do things that only high-end players can do. He is quick, with very good top-end speed, although he didn’t use it much on the attack, as he seemed to prefer distributing the puck. His puck skills are excellent, and his superior vision makes him very dangerous five-on-five, but even more so on the power play, where he is on the top unit. He is constantly scanning the ice, both before he receives the puck and while he has it. His playmaking ability all over the ice is excellent, and he is more than willing to make plays in very tight quarters as well. Grade: B+
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Started to heat up for Penticton lately. Interested to see if he will stay there next year, go to Victoria in the Dub, or even down to the USHL.
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I'm hoping he joins the Royals next year. He would fit in perfectly, and we'll have a spot for him with 3 20 year olds departing. I think he's going to, but I'm not sure. The Royals have a really strong group of prospects, could be a great rookie class for them next year.
 
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I'm thinking the BCHL would be really invested in making sure McKamey stays because him leaving would probably signify the metaphorical end of what the BCHL was trying to accomplish by going independent.

I don't know what they could do to actually prevent him from leaving at the end of the day, but he might be the player that the league pulls out all the stops to keep.
 
Is there a world where the BCHL becomes a haven for elite 15 year-olds who don’t get or apply for exceptional talent exemptions for the WHL draft stay for that year in lieu of elite youth hockey?

I just wonder if the WHL eventually adds Penticton and Chilliwack - is the way forward for the league to be more accessible to younger phenoms to play against older talent before heading to the WHL and then, for some, the NCAA? Maybe the the route forward is to become more lenient to underage players in this league? Or are you ultimately exposing too many very young players to a league filled with 20 year-olds?
 
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Mototik said:
I'm thinking the BCHL would be really invested in making sure McKamey stays because him leaving would probably signify the metaphorical end of what the BCHL was trying to accomplish by going independent.

I don't know what they could do to actually prevent him from leaving at the end of the day, but he might be the player that the league pulls out all the stops to keep.
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What are going to do, tie him down? Ask REALLY nicely? There's nothing they can do.

There's the downside of going independent. Players can leave at any time, and there's been an exodus from the BCHL to other leagues as well as some from the WHL back to the BCHL (mostly goalies)
 
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Bubbles said:
What are going to do, tie him down? Ask REALLY nicely? There's nothing they can do.

There's the downside of going independent. Players can leave at any time, and there's been an exodus from the BCHL to other leagues as well as some from the WHL back to the BCHL (mostly goalies)
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Yeah, there isn't much they could do which is why I said there's not much they could do. The only thing that potentially comes to mind would be sort of under the table monetary consideration to him or his family, but even that's pretty farfetched.

There were always the WHL/CHL castoffs going to the BCHL each year but now there's no guardrails protecting the BCHL from the players going the opposite way.
 
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I'm hoping he joins the Royals next year. He would fit in perfectly, and we'll have a spot for him with 3 20 year olds departing. I think he's going to, but I'm not sure. The Royals have a really strong group of prospects, could be a great rookie class for them next year.
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I'd love to see him on the Royals as they have a good thing going on next year.
 
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Mototik said:
Yeah, there isn't much they could do which is why I said there's not much they could do. The only thing that potentially comes to mind would be sort of under the table monetary consideration to him or his family, but even that's pretty farfetched.

There were always WHL/CHL castoffs going to the BCHL each year but now there's no guardrails protecting the BCHL from the players going the opposite way.
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I mean yes TECHNICALLY they can do that since they are not under any HC umbrella but that would be highly illegal and also it's not like any BCHL team has deep pockets.

IMO, the BCHL gambled last year and lost. What they should do is grovel back into Hockey Canada, and re-establish themselves as a feeder league to the WHL. A 15-21 year league would allow a lot of players to play that might not be ready for WHL duty.
 
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