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Originally Posted by devo22
Player drafted out of WHL/QMJHL/OHL:
- team has the rights for two years, player would then re-enter the draft, the new team has the rights for two years again, then the player becomes UFA
Player drafted out of USHL/NCAA:
- team has the rights for four years, then the player becomes UFA
Player drafted out of Europe:
- team has the rights for four years, then the player becomes UFA
maybe I've missed something, but where's the supposed loophole? A player can refuse to sign and become UFA after 4 years in all of the above scenarios (unless I got something wrong).
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What you're missing is that NCAA can give players a place to play for 4 years after being drafted. Junior typically has 3 as every player has played 2 of their 5 years, sometimes 3.
So if a players birthday is before September 15th they're drafted out of the USHL or other non CHL league and have 4 years of NCAA eligibility left. After Sept. 15th only 3 because they are drafted after their first NCAA season.
You'll notice that Fox, Hayes, Wheeler are all born before September 15th cutoff date.