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Originally Posted by FAN
But isn't quality of competition important? It's like arguing that some obscure hockey league's player development program isn't inferior to the CHL and that it only appears that way because the talent-pool is a lot smaller. At some point, disadvantages matter.
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This point (less high end talent) is somewhat counterbalanced by the fact that the talent in the NCAA is older and thus more developed. So Jankowski may not be playing against the best 18 and 19 year olds in the world but he is playing against some 21, 22, 23 year old men who have had more development time than CHL players.