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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
A player in the NCAA cannot sign a pro contract. The player can quit the NCAA at any time though, and go pro.
When a team drafts a player that goes NCAA, the team owns that player's rights for 4 years (unlike a CHL player, for whom the team has their rights for 2 years).
If the player leaves school in less than 4 years, the team continues to own their rights and the player can sign with that team only (or wait out the 4 years).
If the player remains in school for 4 years, ending in April, that leaves 4 months on the teams' 4 year rights ownership. The team must sign them by August of they become a UFA.
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So what's to keep a kid like Gaudreau from playing all 4 years, and then waiting a couple months after graduation so he can sign with whoever he wants? Seems like this is something that should've been addressed in the new CBA. Makes drafting college guy seem very risky. We could lose Gaudreau, Gillies, Jankowski, Arnold, etc. for nothing if they decide they don't want to come to Calgary. For that matter, what's the possibility of losing Ramage this summer?