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Originally Posted by Ashasx
I don't think any of our prospects have the ability to do what Justin did regardless.
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no, they haven't. I think the loophole was for players who didn't go to college immediately after being drafted, but spent another year somewhere else ... Schultz played in the BCHL for a year before he went to college, Blake Wheeler played in the USHL for a year. Those guys then could turn UFA if they left college after three years ... that applies to no Flames college prospect. Ramage was already playing college hockey when he was drafted, and Gaudreau, Jankowski, Gillies and Deblouw all went straight to college. It would have applied to Nick Larson though, who played a year in the USHL after being drafted by Calgary in 2008 ... but it wouldn't have been a huge loss.