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Re: AJHL Defections & the NCAA Eligibility Rule [message #847314 is a reply to message #847312 ]	Thu, 10 July 2025 13:06

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Skookum Jim wrote on Thu, 10 July 2025 12:16

CrusaderPi wrote on Thu, 10 July 2025 07:25

Skookum Jim wrote on Wed, 09 July 2025 16:23

Gavin McKenna defects from the WHL and goes to Penn State..

He won't be there long, he's a 2026 draft.. he'll be playing draft+1
He'll be at Penn barely long enough to know the coaches' and players names..

Hopefully this causes a big enough splash that the CHL figures out the needs a major reformation. I doubt it but one can hope. It'll probably take an eastern player like McDavid or MacKinnon leaving for anything to happen.

Kid has balls to leave despite the emotional manipulation of a WHL exhibition game in Whitehorse.

Not sure why he's going for one season.. any money is going to be trivial compared to his NHL career.. plus much less games.

What do you think the CHL can do to compete?
The CHL teams are too small to afford NCAA payouts.. NCAA schools get all their money from football .. and rich alumni.. it funds every other sport on campus.. not that sport's ticket sales.. not sure what the CHL can do money-wise (?) ..

CHL rule or regulation changes ?

One big change is going to be for the NHL in retaining their draft picks .. players have options to play until, and past 22 in NCAA and void their draft rights.. if its a good player they'll pull a Howard, go play where they want..

In the CHL if you're higher level NHL draft pick, you don't play your 20 year old season in the CHL you go to the AHL and sign a contract with your NHL team.. and the NHL teams have more leverage in that situation.. now the players can transfer to the NCAA and play longer if they want and avoid the AHL..

.. that's what I've gathered anyway (?).. retention/signing of draft picks is going to be a lot more "fluid"

I think there are two reasons why McKenna is going. 700k (or whatever) right now is a lot of money. Even if he'll earn 100M later. More important than that is he's already too good for the WHL. What purpose does going back to Medicine Hat serve? What benefit is gained from scoring 3 points per game and trying to win the one game in May he didn't win? The level of competition in the NCAA, especially once you're into divisional games, is higher than the dub and there's less of an injury.

If I'm the CHL I'm probably looking at doing away with the Bantam draft so players can take back some control over where they play. I'd also start a ~16 team premiere league, either full season or after Christmas, to try for TV money and to increase the level of competition. I agree they'll now need to figure out something new for NHL drafted players.

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AJHL Defections & the NCAA Eligibility Rule	By: CrusaderPi on Sat, 20 January 2024 17:29
Re: AJHL Defections	By: Skookum Jim on Sun, 21 January 2024 17:03
Re: AJHL Defections	By: CrusaderPi on Sun, 21 January 2024 19:20
Re: AJHL Defections	By: CrusaderPi on Mon, 22 January 2024 12:19
Re: AJHL Defections	By: Skookum Jim on Tue, 23 January 2024 01:56
Re: AJHL Defections	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 23 January 2024 09:47
Re: AJHL Defections	By: Adam on Tue, 23 January 2024 14:11
Re: AJHL Defections	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 23 January 2024 14:50
Re: AJHL Defections	By: Adam on Tue, 23 January 2024 17:26
Re: AJHL Defections	By: CrusaderPi on Tue, 23 January 2024 18:01
Re: AJHL Defections & the NCAA Eligibility Rule	By: CrusaderPi on Mon, 18 November 2024 14:14
Re: AJHL Defections & the NCAA Eligibility Rule	By: Skookum Jim on Thu, 21 November 2024 05:16
Re: AJHL Defections & the NCAA Eligibility Rule	By: Skookum Jim on Wed, 09 July 2025 16:23
Re: AJHL Defections & the NCAA Eligibility Rule	By: CrusaderPi on Thu, 10 July 2025 08:25
Re: AJHL Defections & the NCAA Eligibility Rule	By: Skookum Jim on Thu, 10 July 2025 12:16
Re: AJHL Defections & the NCAA Eligibility Rule	By: CrusaderPi on Thu, 10 July 2025 13:06
Re: AJHL Defections & the NCAA Eligibility Rule	By: CrusaderPi on Thu, 10 July 2025 15:36
Re: AJHL Defections & the NCAA Eligibility Rule	By: Skookum Jim on Thu, 10 July 2025 17:35
Re: AJHL Defections & the NCAA Eligibility Rule	By: CrusaderPi on Fri, 11 July 2025 10:02
Re: AJHL Defections & the NCAA Eligibility Rule	By: Skookum Jim on Fri, 11 July 2025 13:24

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