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Originally Posted by moon
If the CHL is first in terms of putting people in the NHL and the NCAA is behind it in second wouldn't that mean it is exactly second rate?
I mean it can't be first because the CHL is clearly ahead of it.
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It doesn't necessarily mean it is second rate in terms of developing NHLers. You'd have to take a look at the numbers of players and percentages of players. The CHL may produce more players simply because more elite Canadian athletes choose hockey and thus the player pool is much larger. That wouldn't necessarily make the CHL the best development league but would merely mean that Canada funnels more high end athletes into hockey.
If your argument is that Canada produces the most NHLers then you are right. But that doesn't necessarily correlate with the CHL being the best group of leagues for developing all players that play in those leagues.