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Originally Posted by SebC
^ Both your examples progressed from the USHL to the CHL... doesn't that imply CHL is a step up?
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No, it implies that they decided not to go the NCAA route. Any rudimentary look at players on NHL rosters right now will show you two things:
1) The CHL dominates 1st and 2nd round picks. These are the guys who make the NHL out of the CHL. The vast majority of players taken from the CHL in the first and second round were always great players (put up great numbers in pee wee, bantam, were high bantam draft picks) and then the CHL gets them and they continue to be great players.
2) The majority of players who make the NHL and become impact players that were drafted after the 2nd round come from the NCAA. This is because the NCAA is a developmental program. While they may not be able to claim they developed "Sidney Crosby" like the CHL does they have a lot of Pavelski's, Boyle;s, etc.
It depends on your development path. The other reason it is a one way street is that once you go CHL you can never go back to the NCAA route.