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Originally Posted by blankall
The US sports and athletics system, generally, is based around college, as opposed to the Canadian one, which is based around junior hockey leagues. As hockey grows in the USA, this is only going to get worse, and I have no idea how this allowed to happen. Can you imaging NFL or NBA players being able to become UFAs just because they played in the NCAA. It's absolutely absurd.
It's hard to say that the Flames got screwed by this, as there's a reason Fox went 66th overall, and not in the first round. However, the current system is just ridiculous.
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Maybe i am misunderstanding you, but that happens now i believe.
Once undergrad players declare for the draft, they lose NCAA eligibility. If they dont get drafted, they are immediately UFA because they cannot go back to school and play.