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Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
The reason it went to 18 in the first place is because Ken Lineseman sued the NHL as an 18 year old.
If you'll remember, the NHL had a bit of a hybrid for a time in the late 90s and early 2000s where the draft age was actually 19 but for the reason above, if you were 18 you could "opt in." What ended up happening was most players would opt in but not any who were in or were planning to go to NCAA since the NCAA said that opting in would affect their eligibility.
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Thank you...yeah was conflating a couple different things but that was the gist.