Ti-girl
Registered User
Well I think what it comes down to is whether or not, at the age of 15, kids are ready to make hockey their full time career.
Look at Paul Kariya. He went the NCAA route and it doesn't to appear to have hurt his playing at all, AND he was able to keep his Olympic eligability. He said in an interview in his days at Maine was that at 15 kids had already made their decision to become pro hockey players. He wanted to keep his options open.
Sure, there is the CIS education fund which I think is a great thing to have, but most of the players that use it are not the ones who are going to play in the NHL. They played hockey to get an education, just like athletes in the NCAA play hockey to get an edcuation.
I do not think that one is right and one is wrong, but you the CHL does seem to be able to spit out more NHL ready athletes.
I attended a sports specific school in high school and it was very apparent that that type of training and education was beneficial to my athletics. I did the same type of schooling as the CHL athletes, 4 practices a day, work my school around it.
This is coming from personal experience.
Look at Paul Kariya. He went the NCAA route and it doesn't to appear to have hurt his playing at all, AND he was able to keep his Olympic eligability. He said in an interview in his days at Maine was that at 15 kids had already made their decision to become pro hockey players. He wanted to keep his options open.
Sure, there is the CIS education fund which I think is a great thing to have, but most of the players that use it are not the ones who are going to play in the NHL. They played hockey to get an education, just like athletes in the NCAA play hockey to get an edcuation.
I do not think that one is right and one is wrong, but you the CHL does seem to be able to spit out more NHL ready athletes.
I attended a sports specific school in high school and it was very apparent that that type of training and education was beneficial to my athletics. I did the same type of schooling as the CHL athletes, 4 practices a day, work my school around it.
This is coming from personal experience.