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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
Correct.
while a CHL player would have to get drafted twice, in terms of the amount of time to achieving UFA status, its still four years.
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Agreed, it is the same amount of time for everyone. But for an NCAA player it is 4 years of highly competitive and scouted hockey. For a CHL player it is 2 years of competitive hockey (3 if a team will take them as an overager) followed by 1-2 years in no man's land.
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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
ending amateur status is something that is different between CHL and NCAA however, so there is less of a incentive not to sign as a CHL player, unless you really don't want to go to Edmonton
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Also agreed. Being able to play in a developmental league while signed to an NHL contract is a huge incentive for these players to sign with the team that originally drafted them.