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Originally Posted by Reggie Dunlop
Got to wonder what route kids like Landon Dupont (or say, Joe Iginla) will take now. Advantages to CHL kids to move to the NCAA after being drafted?
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Guys of that calibre will take the route they've always taken... straight to the NHL where they can start making those big dolla bills.
It's the guys further down who have interesting choices to make. Really... the CHL/AHL agreement has to come to an end now because I would think that going off to an NCAA collage on a full ride for a few years beats being an overager in Medicine Hat or Lethbridge. So you might see guys not sign their ELC right away since they'd be in a better situation for a couple of year if they're unsigned. Give them the option of truly being able to turn pro and maybe their signing bonus plus AHL pay turns the tide.
Also the NHL should expand the contract limit and the ECHL should become a real developmental league (gotta have spots for those guys and the vet call-up types).