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Originally Posted by Party Elephant
Yeah you're a bit off here. CHL players who don't sign after 2 years have to reenter the draft and go undrafted before they become UFAs. CHL players can also sign an ELC and still play in the CHL which is obviously off the table for NCAA players. So depending how you define "team control", CHL players have more of an incentive to be under team control than NCAA players do.
The argument that all the same conditions apply to CHL players as NCAA players is disingenuous. For a CHL player to hold out for UFA and then sign with a team of their choosing, they first need all 31 teams to pass on them in the draft, meaning it's not something a top prospect can legitimately pull off.
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No...that's not true.
All they have to do is refuse to sign with the team that drafted them the second time as well.
Regardless of where you get drafted out of, the fact is after the 4th draft once you become eligible for it, if you have not signed anywhere, you become a UFA.
At least this is how I understand things.