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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
I think the solution might be more along the lines of increasing the draft pick compensation rather than punishing the player an extra year.
Ie if you want to sign someone's former NCAA 1st rounder, you have to give up a 1st in return. You might really like Jimmy Vesey, but do you like him enough to give up a 2nd round pick for him?
Also, level playing fields are an illusion. The NCAA/CHL is close enough. Even actual playing fields slope to allow for water runoff.
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They need to do something. It's not so much a problem with the higher profile, higher picked guys. They usually don't need a ton of development time and are ready to turn pro before the 4 years is up. It's more the later round guys that take a while to develop. Late picked, late bloomers are such a bonus for teams that used a valuable pick to select the player. It's always a shame when that player says after three years "heck, one more year and I can go wherever I want, and get a college degree to boot".
No junior player can say that.