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Originally Posted by Parallex
That should be apparent on it's face... players from every other stream would be eligible to select the team they want to play for from among his suitors a full year earlier then the guys who go to school. That's plainly a worse deal. You shouldn't punish someone for going to school.
The system works fine. The only thing I'd change at all would be the compensation grid for unsigned picks. Do it more like how baseball does it... contingent upon offering a bonafide minimum offer the compensation becomes the draft slot originally held +1 (so the comp for a pick selected #20 overall becomes #21 not #50).
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MattyC already explains below why the situations aren't comparable so I won't elaborate any further. CHL and NCAA are not the same, why are they treated the same?
And if you're suggesting changes then obviously the system doesn't work fine. There should never be an incentive to not sign with your team. That rule should only exist to allow players a chance to go after opportunities if the team that drafted them has no plans to sign them.
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Originally Posted by MattyC
The reason it rarely happens with CHL players is that they can sign with their teams anytime, and if they don't within 2 years, they will get redrafted.
So in order to hit FA, a CHL player has to refuse to sign with his NHL team, get drafted to who-knows-where, refuse to sign with THAT team, and then they are UFA. There are a lot of options for teams in that scenario, and a lot of headache for a player that wants to force a signing to his preferred team.
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Again, reiterating the rules that we are all aware of doesn't actually address the problem. I know why CHL players don't do it. And since you've acknowledged that the two paths are totally different and CHL players have a huge disincentive to hold out, you've helped support my argument that a different system needs to be used for NCAA players.
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These are rules that the NHL just can't apply to an NCAA draftee because there's no way of getting a player to commit before they leave college under the NCAA rules. But the PA will still fight for the 4 years to UFA for all draftees.
The crappiest part of all of this is that it's the NCAA, through their own ridiculousness, that will drive talent away from their league. NHL teams won't spend high picks on college or college-bound players, thus players are less likely to go to the NCAA. Which is bad for the NCAA as well as the kids IMO.
It's absolutely stupid that NCAA doesn't even allow letters of intent. I mean, can't a business or law student have a job lined up after for when they graduate? Can't they spend their free time working at said job for money? Can the firms pay for their education as part of them wanting to join their company? It's ridiculous that they give these rules for their student athletes. It makes no sense.
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I agree with you about the NCAA and their rules.