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Originally Posted by devo22
are they? I actually can't think of many in recent history.
Corban Knight
Kevin Hayes
Zach Hyman
Jimmy Vesey
that's the only examples I could think off the top of my head, and that doesn't seem like a long list ...
EDIT: then of course there's the Schultz loophole, but apart from Mike Reilly, who has used that one in recent history?
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Blake Wheeler as well IIRC. I am sure there have been more. However, my point is that it sure seems like an increasingly more common thing than it was before (though I haven't checked the numbers), and it seems to be an easier decision to make.
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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
They should tighten up that rule.
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Yeah, I think so too, but I am not sure how that would be done fairly. 4 years is a long time post-draft. I think the best way to close it would be to have the NCAA allow players to sign a contract and remain eligible. I can't see the NCAA allowing it... but if NHL teams suddenly start to discourage their prospects from going the NCAA route, maybe that would make the NCAA start thinking?
I don't know... Must be a better way to make it fair for both the prospects and the respective drafting teams.