FroshaugFan2
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Quite a lot of J20 teams have more players who will go onto play a good level of pro hockey than CHL teams.
Just go and look at current Swedish NHLers and their J20 teams in the last year of junior.
Now no J20 teams are like London Knights when they load up... because they cannot trade for extra talent... but the top J20 teams would arguably beat a lot of CHL teams, especially come play-off time when they get back their top guys from Allsvenskan and SHL who are already pros playing vs men.
I feel like there is a lot less 18 & 19 year old talent in the J20 SuperElit than there is in the CHL.
No doubt that the SuperElit develops a lot of talent, but the talent pool is weakened because teenagers are able to move up to the SHL and Allsvenkan. Whereas 18 and 19 year old CHLers are stuck in the CHL unless they can crack the NHL.
But yes, as you said, this can change at the end of the season when J20 teams get their SHL and Allsvenkan players back.