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Originally Posted by #-3
I still hate when people say this, CHL have the same option.
They can refuse to sign for 2 years, re-enter the draft.
If they don't like the 2nd team that drafts them they can play another year of CHL & a year of minor Pro or Euro leagues.
Then they are FA's 2 months faster than the NCAA players.
We haven't seen it yet because, there are few unaffiliated NA minor pro teams, most CHL players don't want to jump strait to Europe at 21, NCAA is not an option and CIS is a bad option for top end players. But if a good player wanted to they could make it happen, and faster than the NCAA guys can, while screwing over 2 teams instead of 1.
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No, we haven't seen it yet because it would be career suicide.
While the timeline is the same (4 years), the situations are no where near the same. If a player plays out their 4 year college program (i.e. stays in school and gets their degree), they are
1 summer away from free agency. In other words there is no penalty for them at all to wait.
The system needs to be fixed.
(which isn't Hayes' fault)