I am not sure how CHL teams got away with not paying players at least minimum wage for years, but I like this new model where NCAA Div-1 teams are starting to recruit current CHL players.
The Crosbys and McDavids in the world will still jump straight to the NHL at 18 when they get drafted, and the other new draftees who are not making the NHL in their draft year will be returned to their junior teams or the NCAA (if they get recuited there).
Can a draftee attend NHL training camps AND go to NCAA at the same time? I believe currently you can't. The moment you attend an NHL training camp you will lost your NCAA eligibility, or is this changing as well?
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