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Originally Posted by Matty81
that'll be a minor blow to the CHL and a major one to Swedish hockey and the players more than anything
basically limits the players options bigtime, a guy could get mothballed over there and really has no options to come over and play here.
and 22 is ridiculous - I think this is going to stunt the development of Sweden's high end players bigtime. The mid range guys who benefit from the SEL up to 22 will be fine but a really high end player is too good for that league by 19.
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I wonder if there will be an out clause or something the like. Say a player is getting mothballed by their respective Swedish club. The club might have no use for him and allow him to go play in NA. Now that's highly doubtful but it might happen.
Something similar to how Vasteras(?) let Backlund go to Kelowna. He wasn't playing great, wasn't getting ice time, the team didn't like him, he didn't like the team sort of situation. Best for both that he parted ways.