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

[JoeSchmoe]

2 hours ago, shrader said:

I worked for a D1 program. We had one 21 year old freshman during my time. It depends on the school, but to say that it is that high of a percentage is crazy. And he’ll, some teams that used to target those guys (actually Maine is a very good example of that), they’ve changed (not Maine this time).

Maybe it was like that in your day, but its not now. I went to 12 different D1 team's elite prospects pages... Half good teams, half lower teams. 2006's don't exist unless they're drafted or going to be drafted (late bday). Undrafted 2005's are few and far between as well. Like I said... Try Google'ing U of Denver Elite Prospects, Mercyhurst Elite Prospects, Ohio State Elite Prospects, etc and see for yourself.

Unfortunately it's a man's game now. If you want to play D1 hockey, and you're not eventually playing pro, you better be prepared to take 2 gap years outta high school to do so.

[shrader]

29 minutes ago, JoeSchmoe said:

Maybe it was like that in your day, but its not now. I went to 12 different D1 team's elite prospects pages... Half good teams, half lower teams. 2006's don't exist unless they're drafted or going to be drafted (late bday). Undrafted 2005's are few and far between as well. Like I said... Try Google'ing U of Denver Elite Prospects, Mercyhurst Elite Prospects, Ohio State Elite Prospects, etc and see for yourself.

Unfortunately it's a man's game now. If you want to play D1 hockey, and you're not eventually playing pro, you better be prepared to take 2 gap years outta high school to do so.

That’s all well and good, but to say that it’s most of freshman after you’ve said to ignore a good number of freshman. It reminds me of an argument around here years ago where someone tried to argue that Drew Stanford doesn’t score as much in games where he doesn’t score. 
 

Bu the way, you keep listing teams who have been notorious for recruiting older. 

[JoeSchmoe]

39 minutes ago, shrader said:

That’s all well and good, but to say that it’s most of freshman after you’ve said to ignore a good number of freshman. It reminds me of an argument around here years ago where someone tried to argue that Drew Stanford doesn’t score as much in games where he doesn’t score. 
 

Bu the way, you keep listing teams who have been notorious for recruiting older. 

Checking my history, here's the teams I looked at. Most teams don't have a 2006. Those few that do are are all drafted or about to be. 2005's are also few and far between. As such, a tiny % of kids in NCAA are 18. And 19 year olds are rare too. 1999-2002's on the other hand are very well represented.

Denver

Niagara

Ohio State

Mercyhurst 

Penn State

RPI

RIT

Canisius 

Boston College

Boston University 

UMass

Minn

Minn St

St Cloud

Maine