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USHL is getting watered down. Non NTDP might as well stay in MN HS through their junior year and go to the CHL for one or two years.
 

bonin21 said:
USHL is getting watered down. Non NTDP might as well stay in MN HS through their junior year and go to the CHL for one or two years.
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don't completely agree as number of games and focus on hockey are higher leaving HS, but agree that the benefit is lesser compared to what it used to be. That said, 60 games versus older competition is exactly what some guys need comparatively. The league stylistically has changed quite a bit

there are far too many also ran leagues in the US that are just aggressive money grabs, but that's another discussion.
 

Is Katz going to enroll at some CCHA school or what? With the 5 in 5 looming he might end up with three seasons of eligibility.
 

upnorthkid said:
That said, 60 games versus older competition is exactly what some guys need comparatively. The league stylistically has changed quite a bit
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With CHL and 5 in 5, the older competition is going to suck a lot more at hockey.
 

bonin21 said:
With CHL and 5 in 5, the older competition is going to suck a lot more at hockey.
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tbh, i don't think it's going to change for many people. think a lot of guys are going to be fine giving up 1 year and coming in with 4 to go. end of the bench guys are going to be done after college hockey anyway, same with guys who'd end up in ECHL. Some will change their commits, but I don't think it's going to be because they want 5 years in college

Think you're just going to see graduation rates drop.
 


11 of the top 20 in scoring in the USHL would not have been there this year if they wanted to get 4 years in college.
 

bonin21 said:
11 of the top 20 in scoring in the USHL would not have been there this year if they wanted to get 4 years in college.
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Impossible to draw any conclusions off a class who had no knowledge that the ncaa was going to be a bunch of idiots this year and until weeks ago were going to be grandfathered in
 

My point is by taking all the somewhat-good-to-good grad+2 and grad+3 players out of the league, the quality of play will go down.
 

bonin21 said:
My point is by taking all the somewhat-good-to-good grad+2 and grad+3 players out of the league, the quality of play will go down.
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they're going to end up somewhere. There's nowhere near enough room in college hockey for them. you're right some will end up in the CCHA or AHA, but those leagues also have no incentive to take those guys in large amounts (and the B10 and NCHC are not taking those guys in large quantities)

At 16-17, playing against 20 year olds is still going to be beneficial for some guys depending on the quality of your HS schedule. It's not like MN HS hockey would be rolling in killing teams in the USHL or even the NAHL purely because of physical readiness. The NTDP 17s lost to the Mallards

it's going to level out across the leagues the upper (WHL, OHL, USHL) tier. If anything, you may see it end up being more appealing to younger guys if rosters start phasing out older players as there's no real reason for them to stay and no real reason for teams to hold guys going nowhere.
 



Oh my god... GPL saying not getting top CHL players because they've already given a roster spot to Harris/Begley/Nevers...
 

bonin21 said:
Oh my god... GPL saying not getting top CHL players because they've already given a roster spot to Harris/Begley/Nevers...
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Silly bad take over there and one you’d assume coach worth his salt is not doing. He may also be waiting post draft to let some of these forwards see what they want to do based on their drafting teams
 

USHL has announced expansion into the West. Will be looking to establish member teams in AZ, NV, CA
 

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