Cornuck wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 4:44 pm
I could also see some players considering a move from the AHL to the NCAA for about the same money - AND get an education.
Of course- not many players will be making 700k at this point, but as time moves on, NIL deals will go up.
I think it levels the playing field, and it's a great option for 19 20-year-old players to challenge themselves rather than being stuck playing against high schoolers. Heck, we might even develop some goaltenders.
CHL will become a league where 3rd and 4th rounders are drafted from, the best Canadian kids will play their draft year in the NCAA. The star attraction element, lack thereof, could hurt at the gate for some of the CHL clubs
The top 10-15 picks will stay in the CHL. The late firsts and second rounders may choose the college route to bulk up, have more gym time and further their education. I don't think it's going to murder the CHL. The Tier 2 junior leagues lose quakity players efery year feeding the NCAA.
Relax Tiger.
“I don’t care what you and some other poster were talking about”
The 20 year olds out of the CHL are getting chewed up in the AHL now; there needs to be a bridge league for players to mature before turning pro now. The CHL kids just aren't physically ready in most cases. Times have changed. In most cases, going back to play against teenagers after you have been drafted is the wrong choice.
As I mentioned before, this could really help us develop some goaltenders in the long run.
Next year’s draft looks awesome. Having an off-season is going to pay off for some club, unless it’s Ottawa, poor bastards:
“The Ottawa Senators are forced to forfeit their 2026 first round pick. This is due to a penalty imposed by the NHL for a "botched deal" involving forward Evgenii Dadonov. The penalty stems from how the Senators handled Dadonov's no-trade clause in his trade to the Golden Knights. The Senators needed to decide which year to forfeit the pick by 24 hours after the draft lottery for that year. They did not forfeit the 2024 or 2025 pick, therefore the 2026 pick will be forfeited. It is possible that the NHL amends the penalty and returns the pick to Ottawa, but so far no change to the originally announced penalty has been shared publicly“
What a year to miss a draft!
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Blob Mckenzie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 5:39 pm
The top 10-15 picks will stay in the CHL.
Why? They can make cash right away, play competitive hockey and get an education.
And it's the perfect bridge between junior and pro. They can physically mature and develop their game. Whoever is advising Braeden Cootes to run it back in Seattle is giving him bad advice imo.
I do expect a lot of these kids will be asked to come in at 19 or 20 though. They won't all go straight in after they're drafted.
Blob Mckenzie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 5:39 pm
The top 10-15 picks will stay in the CHL.
Why? They can make cash right away, play competitive hockey and get an education.
It’s the tip of the iceberg. DuPont is next, then Schultz, taking the money and running south with a slew of others. All the great Canadian talent will be drafted out of the NCAA. The remaining players in the CHL won’t be competing against top end talent. Bush League
Picker of Cherries wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 6:25 pm
Next year’s draft looks awesome. Having an off-season is going to pay off for some club, unless it’s Ottawa, poor bastards:
“The Ottawa Senators are forced to forfeit their 2026 first round pick. This is due to a penalty imposed by the NHL for a "botched deal" involving forward Evgenii Dadonov. The penalty stems from how the Senators handled Dadonov's no-trade clause in his trade to the Golden Knights. The Senators needed to decide which year to forfeit the pick by 24 hours after the draft lottery for that year. They did not forfeit the 2024 or 2025 pick, therefore the 2026 pick will be forfeited. It is possible that the NHL amends the penalty and returns the pick to Ottawa, but so far no change to the originally announced penalty has been shared publicly“
What a year to miss a draft!
Don’t get to cozy with our 2026 pick. Not with dealers Allvin and Rutherford’s penchant for trading picks.
Blob Mckenzie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 5:39 pm
The top 10-15 picks will stay in the CHL.
Why? They can make cash right away, play competitive hockey and get an education.
It’s the tip of the iceberg. DuPont is next, then Schultz, taking the money and running south with a slew of others. All the great Canadian talent will be drafted out of the NCAA. The remaining players in the CHL won’t be competing against top end talent. Bush League
I think most of them will still be drafted out of the CHL(unless they're late birthdates like McKenna, or fast track like Celebrini), and then the majority of the early picks, after say the top five, will head to the NCAA for a couple of years before turning pro. The days of trying to work a Danila Klimovich into an AHL lineup, I think, have passed. Later round picks will stay in the CHL an extra year or two (or even three) as is currently the case with USHL players.
Blob Mckenzie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 5:39 pm
The top 10-15 picks will stay in the CHL.
Why? They can make cash right away, play competitive hockey and get an education.
It’s the tip of the iceberg. DuPont is next, then Schultz, taking the money and running south with a slew of others. All the great Canadian talent will be drafted out of the NCAA. The remaining players in the CHL won’t be competing against top end talent. Bush League
I think most of them will still be drafted out of the CHL(unless they're late birthdates like McKenna, or fast track like Celebrini), and then the majority of the early picks, after say the top five, will head to the NCAA for a couple of years before turning pro. The days of trying to work a Danila Klimovich into an AHL lineup, I think, have passed. Later round picks will stay in the CHL an extra year or two (or even three) as is currently the case with USHL players.
Most but not the good ones. Do you not think DuPont is sitting there right now fantasizing about $700,000. Game changer. It’s the DuPonts and McKenna who attract people to the games. Regina Pats best enjoy Schultz while they got him. The NCAA teams will be headhunting him shortly
There’s the argument that an elite 18 year old artificially inflates his production and thereby his perceived potential because he is making 16-19 year olds, who will never make even the AHL, look ridiculous. While on the other side of the border elite 18 year olds are up against older players and having to overcome the physical adversity that comes with playing against men instead of boys.
If a player is generational then it’s not going to be a difference maker…..see McDavid vs Eichel. Despite the debate that year, that argument was put to bed after a month during their first season in the NHL.
Somewhere in NW BC trying (yet again) to trade a(nother) Swede…..
Blob Mckenzie wrote: ↑Tue Jul 08, 2025 5:39 pm
The top 10-15 picks will stay in the CHL.
Why? They can make cash right away, play competitive hockey and get an education.
It’s the tip of the iceberg. DuPont is next, then Schultz, taking the money and running south with a slew of others. All the great Canadian talent will be drafted out of the NCAA. The remaining players in the CHL won’t be competing against top end talent. Bush League
I think most of them will still be drafted out of the CHL(unless they're late birthdates like McKenna, or fast track like Celebrini), and then the majority of the early picks, after say the top five, will head to the NCAA for a couple of years before turning pro. The days of trying to work a Danila Klimovich into an AHL lineup, I think, have passed. Later round picks will stay in the CHL an extra year or two (or even three) as is currently the case with USHL players.
Most but not the good ones. Do you not think DuPont is sitting there right now fantasizing about $700,000. Game changer. It’s the DuPonts and McKenna who attract people to the games. Regina Pats best enjoy Schultz while they got him. The NCAA teams will be headhunting him shortly
Oh, for sure, Chef, the ones that can get in at 17 will do so.
The days of the John Paddocks of the world exploiting the likes of Conor Bedard for every nickel they can squeeze are soon to be over.
