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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
The US doesn't have a CHL type of infrastructure tho...
it's very rare for a canadian high schooler to get drafted by the NHL, because, typically, those elite talents get vacuumed up by the CHL teams. In fact the highest canadian high schooler picked by the NHL was a 7th rounder in 2005.
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I never said it was the same or that this was a regular occurrence, just that players from prep school get drafted regularly (especially MN, MA and CT prep schools).
but it does help that he did play some games against US schools (almost certainly exhibition matches) and like I said as well he did turn heads at a tournament in Boston this season as well.