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Originally Posted by moon
Nope.
Those graphs show that the NCAA players are higher than in past years versus other NCAA players but CHL is still producing more and much better players than the NCAA.
Using last year as an example out of the top 20 eligible scorers for guys who went to college or CHL 15 went to CHL 5 went to college, for defensemen top 10 7-3 top 20 12-8. These arent the be all and end all but shows that the CHL is still producing by far the more elite players.
The NHL awards were split between Euros and CHL guys, the All-Star teams made up mainly of CHL guys (especially the rookie team), draft picks made up of CHL guys.
The NCAA is doing better but still is far behind the CHL in terms of quantity and especially quality of the players that they are producing.
Edit: As for the less 20 year olds in NHL the best college guys normally go to NHL early anyways so likely won't reduce number of those guys in the league. The number of guys able to play in NHL at 20 and don't because of NCAA is miniscule and right now sits at Jack Johnson.
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If you only look at top players right now, I think you miss the big increase in the last few years. Also of note, as people have said, the big name prospects seem to still choose the CHL