Entry draft in AHL and lower leagues

[alko]

Were there any sort of entry draft in AHL? Or at least some talk about this as a possibility?

Or ECHL? IHL? UHL?

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[brachyrynchos]

The ECHL doesn't have a draft, pretty sure the IHL and UHL don't/didn't. Those leagues were more about signing players and players be assigned.

 

[Michael Farkas]

A draft would make no sense for these leagues really...

 

[Sanf]

1966 Amateur Draft continued to minor league draft (AHL/WHL/CPHL). The NHL parent teams did largerly the selection for their minor league affiliates. Mainly this was that the NHL teams could earmark players that right their lost because the format was changing.

Better explained here.
Historical Hockey Stats & Trivia: 1966 NHL Amateur Draft

I remember readin that in the time of WHA there were some speculation of this... but can´r really remember what...

 

[Michael Farkas]

Hmm, ya know, there was an Interleague Draft...seems possibly related and was canned a long time ago...search me if I know what it was though...