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Originally Posted by Flames1217
I think that we need to start looking at NCAA stats a bit differently though. With the influx of top end CHL talent, I would argue that it is easily conceivable that the NCAA is about as strong as it has ever been.
Players are likely to have slightly lower PPGs than years prior, especially when it comes to smaller schools who lack the ability to lure in the cream of the crop.
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Maybe lower-end players, but top players in the CHL should be largely unaffected by other CHL players joining the NCAA. The adjustment is the same as it has always been: they’re playing against much older, physically developed players.