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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
CHL still the best league purely for developing young players because of the schedule and more physical play. That remains their selling point but obviously expect changes in the financial model.
Did you expect the NHL to do something to protect major junior hockey in their CBA? That’s not exactly their mission.
The so called loophole (it never actually was a loophole) is gone, doesn’t matter what you do after being drafted. Which is as it should be IMO.
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The loophole isn’t gone at all? They just turned it from what has been perceived as a loophole to something every player can do regardless of where they play. Nobody took issue with the fact that some players couldn’t take advantage of it, people took issue with the fact that ANY players could… and now they all can lol.
It’s not about protecting the CHL. It’s now just the fact that any player drafted who doesn’t like where they were drafted has the option of going to college, even after they’ve played in the CHL, to make a little money/get an education and run the clock until they’re free agents, which gives virtually every drafted player significantly more leverage over the drafting team than before.