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Originally Posted by GioforPM
Junior teams have a constantly changing roster too though.
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Over a much longer time period. It's not like Bedard shows up and gets called up 30 games in. Generally a Junior team can build a team for the season and either add or subtract as they see fit. A junior team can load up for a playoff run to try and win. Plus the truely high end guys will still spend two years playing on a junior team.
For the most part an affiliated AHL team is trying to develop mid to low roster played for the parent club. They can lose their best players at any time and they can't load up to try and win a Championship.
So there's no comparison. If there's other high hockey in town, minor league pro hockey is pretty low on the list. If anything University is closer where you're limited with who can play on your team that year.