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Originally Posted by Locke
Really? And what do you think?
Has a player ever gone from NCAA to CHL? It might happen all the time for all I know, but I cant say that I've ever heard of it that I can recall.
What would that do to his eligibility next year? Where would he go from there?
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Really I don't know. If you go the back burner BU just got hit with a bunch of bad news.
Players jumping from NCAA to CHL happens often, but before this season it was pretty rare for it to happen mid season.
Jeremy Bracco (2015 61st OA) left BC mid season a few weeks ago and AJ Greer (2015 39th OA) left BU a couple of days ago. Warren Foegele (2014 67th OA) also left UNH for Kingston after playing 5 NCAA games this year
If Hickey were to leave BU for the Rebels, he wouldn't be able to play in the NCAA again. His options next season would be to an overager in the WHL or play AHL/ECHL/NHL.
Keep in mind Brent Sutter acquired Hickey's WHL rights after personally visiting with him at Canada's Summer WJC camp. So it is possible that Hickey indicated he would be open to leaving BU.