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Originally Posted by SebC
Edit: says here that NCAA doesn't need an age factor because most are out of their biggest developmental years by the time they reach the NHL. You disagree? |
It also says that the NCAA doesn't need an age factor because NCAA players would lose their eligibility by opting into the draft, and therefore don't get drafted until age 21 or 22. This is a load of horse pucky. I would be mildly suspicious of the site's projections on NCAA players because of that.
On the other hand, NCAA players often don't come straight out of high school. A lot of them do what Jankowski planned, and spend some time in the USHL or a comparable league before they make the jump to college. I believe there are not many 18-year-olds playing hockey in the principal NCAA conferences. Physical maturity is much less of an issue than it is in junior.
So the site
could be right about not needing an age adjustment for NCAA players, but not for the reason they gave.