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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 is a loophole for college kids because it's easy for them to stay with same team and keep playing at a high level all while getting a college degree for 4 years and then pick where they want to go.
A kid in junior can't do that. He's forced out of junior by 20 and then either has to sign with the team that drafted him, go back into the draft and hope he gets picked by a team he wants to sign with this time, or go to Europe for a couple of seasons.