I think college FAs and European FAs are a little different as typically most are signed well in advance of any NHL action. For instance I signed Mackey beginning of last year, months ahead of him being signed by the Flames. What we don't want to do is remove those elements of the game where people invest time and should be rewarded. I think what we do want to remove is the "race to the keyboard" that a first come first serve model creates in some limited cases. Those though could be easily solved though with a couple of rule tweaks
- If a NHL team signs a college or European free agent, that is not property of a CPHL club, that player goes up for bidding using standard free agency rules and processes
- If a NHL team drafts an overager, that was not drafted in the CPHL draft or not previously signed by a CPHL team, that player will be made available in the supplemental draft.
Pretty easy solves I think
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