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Originally Posted by devo22
but it's not a loophole. Teams retain a college player's rights for four years before he's a UFA. A CHL kid would also be a UFA after four years (his team obtains his rights for two years, then he'd go back into the draft, his new team would have two years again).
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It just astounds me when people refuse to admit there is an imbalance here.
No, it isn't a loophole.
But here's the thing: if you go ahead and get your degree (i.e. spend 4 years in college like mom wants you to), there is ZERO incentive to sign with the team that drafted you. All you have to do is wait until August - missing no hockey - and you're a free agent.
A simple solution is to give teams another year of rights for the player (make it 5 years for ALL players), and the problem would largely disappear.