Canadian Jr (OHL, WHL, QMJHL) players will be allowed in NCAA

[LGR4GM]

 

 

[LGR4GM]

They are going to have to fix the transfer agreement with the AHL impo. If I'm drafted high, I can jump to ncaa then ahl now. As opposed 2 long Jr years. 

[#freejame]

This should be good for player development, college hockey, and USA Hockey in general. I’m wondering if there’s a shot this adds a few more D-1 programs in the coming years. Much more money to be coming in from Canada now. 

[shrader]

31 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

They are going to have to fix the transfer agreement with the AHL impo. If I'm drafted high, I can jump to ncaa then ahl now. As opposed 2 long Jr years. 

 CHL players have contracts. They probably can’t just leave like that, particularly those 17-19 year olds you are getting at. If they are able to do that, I’d imagine that the rights still revert back to the CHL team if the player then wants to leave immediately for the NHL. 
 

Also, I can’t imagine may schools would want to or even be able to take a guy for part of a season… and not the important part of the season (the end of it). 
 

This change is going to be a much bigger thing for the guys who have aged out of juniors. 

[LGR4GM]

Just now, shrader said:

 CHL players have contracts. They probably can’t just leave like that, particularly those 17-19 year olds you are getting at. If they are able to do that, I’d imagine that the rights still revert back to the CHL team if the player then wants to leave immediately for the NHL. 
 

Also, I can’t imagine may schools would want to or even be able to take a guy for part of a season… and not the important part of the season (the end of it). 
 

This change is going to be a much bigger thing for the guys who have aged out of juniors. 

If you're 18 and drafted high, lots of ncaa teams would be good taking you for 1 year and letting you go. 

[shrader]

7 minutes ago, LGR4GM said:

If you're 18 and drafted high, lots of ncaa teams would be good taking you for 1 year and letting you go. 

If they're able to.  We'll have to see how those contracts are structured.

But if they are allowed to go, would the drafting team want them to jump ship like that?  Depending on what school you jump to, how will that one year of development compare to what they would have gotten in the CHL?  If they're fine with it, we're still dealing with a very small subset of players.  I don't think we will be seeing some reverse Van Ryn loophole that will have a bunch of players abusing a jump to the NCAA.

 

That jump in 21 year old freshmen though?  That's going to be a real thing.  This might be a big help in building up the two bottom feeder conferences.

Edited 2 hours ago by shrader

[JoeSchmoe]

Not counting the superstars, it's common that NCAA hockey players don't start college until 2 years after graduating high school.

With the new supply of potential players... I'm betting you'll see them starting 3 or 4 years after high school now.

[LGR4GM]

 

 

[shrader]

1 hour ago, JoeSchmoe said:

With the new supply of potential players... I'm betting you'll see them starting 3 or 4 years after high school now.

Those guys you’re talking about are the ones who have aged out of the USHL and the other non-CHL junior programs. The ones who can now come over from the CHL? Same age cutoff.