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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Let’s look at the first point. Recruiting becomes far easier when the talent pool is heavily expanded. Let’s add players from what has been regarded as the best development league in the world the CHL to the BCHL and AJHL and all the other provincial junior leagues outside of major.
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No, it doesn’t become easier when you have more talent to evaluate. It becomes harder.
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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Now let’s take kids playing this level for 2-3 years and allow them to transfer to the NCAA. The 18-19 year ods that used to get spots are being taken up but drafted NHL prospects. Teams have always recruited 18-10 year olds now they can go for the best in addition to the kids just coming up.
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Not really how it’s working, no. Players still have to want to go that route, and not all the best do.
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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Your whole argument is “maybe I don’t know we can’t say for sure so I am going to argue no”
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You’re acting like “We can’t say for sure” for something you’ve provided no actual evidence of is somehow a bad conclusion.
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Originally Posted by Vinny01
Looking at the entire talent pool that has come over we have recent top 10 picks from the last 2 drafts as well as all the top North American draft eligible prospects. Every one of those guys is better than whoever they were going to replace that player with had they not been able to play in the NCAA
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What? Of the 27 A ranked skaters by Central Scouting, 15 play in the CHL, and a whopping 2 play in the NCAA (McKenna and Verhoeff, and they don’t even play in the same conference).
The majority of players that switched to the NCAA were undrafted players 19-21 years old. How much better were they than the players they replaced? Can you provide some evidence? As I said, we know recruiters expect them to be better than other non-CHL options, but that’s basically it. We don’t know if the vast majority are, or if they’re better than the players who graduated/went to the NHL/AHL, so you can’t just say they are “just cuz.”
Your claim is that McKenna has it much harder than any prospect that has gone through the NCAA in history, yeah? Can you point out the players he’s played against that make that true?