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Originally Posted by CKPThunder
What are the draft rule regulations? Can a team draft a player regardless of age or are players eligible for the draft only during a specific age group?
I was just thinking that if a player decides to go back to school instead of signing a FA contract with a team. What would stop a team from drafting that player in the upcoming draft?
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All of these guys are 21 years or older. If they were eligible to be drafted in upcoming drafts, a team couldn't sign them right now anyways.
What the CBA says about the eligibility of the draft:
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8.4 Eligibility for Claim.
(a) All Players age 18 or older are eligible for claim in the Entry Draft, except:
(i) a Player on the Reserve List of a Club, other than as a try-out;
(ii) a Player who has been claimed in two prior Entry Drafts;
(iii) a Player who previously played in the League and became a Free Agent
pursuant to this Agreement;
(iv) a Player age 21 or older who: (A) has not been selected in a previous
Entry Draft and (B) played hockey for at least one season in North
America when he was age 18, 19, or 20 and shall be eligible to enter the
League as an Unrestricted Free Agent pursuant to Article 10.1(d); and
(v) a Player age 22 or older who has not been selected in a previous Entry
Draft and shall be eligible to enter the League as an Unrestricted Free
Agent pursuant to Article 10.1(d).
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