GM meetings, March 2025 + NHL & junior leagues meeting
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CBA related. GMs may have an idea of how NCAA/CHL stuff will happen. NHL may be flexing muscles and strongly suggesting how things work. Still will have some CBA aspects that need to be set.
A few topics for GM meetings.
Also.....CHL & other junior leagues meeting with NHL to figure out development league interactions.
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Djp
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The issues are....
1. Player rights length.
Right now USHL/ Europe are till june 1 draft year+4 unless they later go to NCAAs.
If drafted from NCAAs then rights are thru aug 15 if the planned graduation yr or 4 yrs from draft yr if you turn pro before jan 1 of graduation yr.
CHL players is till 1 june draft yr+2. If they were 18 they re-enter the draft pool as a 20 yr old
Currently CHL players cant do ncaas but now players are paid so things chsnged
Now if looks like college will be sblf to recruit players from the CHL which can complain as te pkayer rights.
2. Do the raise draft age from 18 to 19? If they do, does it change CHL exclusive rights in some way like say (1) players drafted in first 3 rounds can go to AH even if still WJC eligible, ir (2) with nhl team have a right to designate 1 p ln ayer to go to AHL
3. Could nhl follow a baseball/ football draft model where they cant draft kids who signed ncas ncas letters of intent at 18. If they go NCAAs they cant get drafted till they are 21 or 3 yrs post HS/in college ( including red shirt/ delayed entry)
R. Does this change the USHL to then be the same as chl. You have some teams thinking about switching between ohl and USHL leagues
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eojsmada
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Bettman is such a goof. Dude needs to retire with the attitude he has. Which I'm assuming he will once the CBA is ratified.
varsaku
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They could just change the all star break into an annual international break. They can have a summit series best of 3 or 5 and rotate the matchups each year. That would fill the gap for each non world cup or Olympic year while giving players time to gel for the olympics/world cup.
Overtime is starting to get very gimmicky. I know i am in the minority in this but wish they just got rid of OT/SO and ended it in a draw with a 3 (Win) 1 (Draw) 0 (Loss) point system. This would incentivize teams to go for the win in regulation more.
I actually kind of like Bettman because he's such a goof. He knows very well that he's seen as a villain and plays it up because he knows he'll get booed wherever he goes. Two incidents, both of them in 2018, stick out to me. When presenting the cup to the Washington Capitals in Las Vegas, the crowd started booing him. He turned that around on them by saying something like "and that's how you know you're a good hockey market when you know to boo me." Then at the draft, he came out and started getting booed as usual, but because he was about to say something about the Humboldt Broncos, he said something to the effect of "I have something important to discuss, then you can boo me all night."
There was also a longtime running joke amongst Coyotes fans that because of Wayne Gretzky running the franchise into the ground and Bettman's efforts to save the team, that Arizona was the only market in the NHL where Wayne Gretzky would get booed and Gary Bettman would get cheered.
cbcwpg
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One thing they should be talking about, but I don't believe they are:
3 points for regulation win
2 points for OT win
1 point for OT loss
3 points for regulation win
2 points for OT win
1 point for OT loss
Bonk
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NCAA conferences have been doing this for a long time. Much better system because every game is worth three points.
