In other news, Canadian and American Immigration recieves hundreds of Dual Citizenship requests from teenage european boys.
I get the idea, but I think it's a stupid way to handle the issue. Perhaps development should be looked at internally, rather than banning the better man for the job. If the North american kids aren't good enough to beat out the Europeans, doesn't this lower the level of competition in the CHL?
Are we gonna see more offensive phenoms, putting up Gretzky like junior points, who can't transition to the NHL because they've never seen a top tier goaltender before?
Are North American defenders going to start getting overlooked come draft time because they look lousy coming out of the CHL? Will the NCAA become the top feeder to the NHL?
Taking away the best players in the most important position changes the game drastically.
That would be like the NBA saying teams can't draft anyone over 6'3" because it's unfair to the guys under 6'0"
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