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Originally Posted by InternationalVillager
I agree with your sentiments.
But I strongly disagree that the NHL is the league to play in for a D+1 18 year old dman. He isn't coming over from Europe. There is a LOT of precedent to send him back down.
Cale Makar
Quinn Hughes
Adam Fox
Evan Bouchard
Roman Josi
Not a single one of the top 5 vote getters for the Norris trophy this season played their D+1 season in the NHL.
Even Owen Power got sent back down to play his D+1 at NCAA.
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Staying in college isn't the same as sending back down, they don't even have a contract, Makar, Hughes, Power and Fox stayed in college for various reasons, one of these is because they get to develop against older competition not kids in the CHL.