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Bleeding Red · 04-30-2021, 08:11 AM

I wonder - anyone think that the NHL/CHL agreement may have had a hand in this mess?

Maybe if CGY could have sent SB to the AHL first rather than having to choose between a league of teens or a rush to the NHL, this might have turned out a bit differently?

It was clear that another year in the OHL would not help SB, but maybe a year or 2 in the AHL would have.

I think I recall that during their top years DET had a policy of "drafted prospects play in the AHL first. Show us what you can do there, do it consistently, and then you'll move up"

04-30-2021, 08:11 AM	#1610
Bleeding Red Powerplay Quarterback Join Date: Oct 2001 Exp:	I wonder - anyone think that the NHL/CHL agreement may have had a hand in this mess? Maybe if CGY could have sent SB to the AHL first rather than having to choose between a league of teens or a rush to the NHL, this might have turned out a bit differently? It was clear that another year in the OHL would not help SB, but maybe a year or 2 in the AHL would have. I think I recall that during their top years DET had a policy of "drafted prospects play in the AHL first. Show us what you can do there, do it consistently, and then you'll move up"