tisting9
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What is better for developing the kids? There are lots of good who went to Major Junior but only a couple (kariya, heatley) who went to college.
A. J Thelin is a great example of a player bailing out of the NCAA for a better developement leauge.
Hockeyismylife you missed something in your statement. CHL teams offer every one of their players on year of scholarship funding guaranteed for every one year played at the CHL level. That is guaranteed, the NCAA does not guarantee every kid the same thing. World class education? North Dakota might be an ok school, but kids going there are going there to play hockey on a scholarship first. Canadian Universities are every bit as good as anything most of the USA can produce.The CHL scholarship program works in favour of ALL the kids who choose to play CHL. A CHL grad doesn't even have to play University level hockey at all and still gets a scholarship after he has finished his CHL career.
What is better for developing the kids? There are lots of good who went to Major Junior but only a couple (kariya, heatley) who went to college.
I'd say the NCAA offers a higher level of play (certainly the upper echelon schools do), but the CHL game is more NHL-style oriented. In addition they play more games in the CHL.
It really comes down to each individual's preference and circumstance.
A question that I've asked over and over and over again and have NEVER/U] gotten a straight answer on is this. If the CHL scholarship fund is so great and guaranteed then why aren't more of players, namely the elite ones not taking advantage of it....ever?!
If you want world class education, you'd be hard pressed to find schools as academically prestigious as Harvard (or any of the Ivies for that matter) and even non-Ivy schools such as Michigan and Notre Dame. .........
.......Finally, I hope that we can keep this thread's discussion civil. I don't want this one to degenerate into endless hate-filled tirades like all of the previous ones have. Let's try and get along, even if you have a preference of one over the other.
The elite ones make their living playing pro hockey. As for non-elite ones... well the CIS teams are formed with many players who graduated from the CHL ranks. The better teams have a majority of their players taking advantage of those scholarships. Weaker teams have to draw more from second tier leagues, however.A question that I've asked over and over and over again and have NEVER/U] gotten a straight answer on is this. If the CHL scholarship fund is so great and guaranteed then why aren't more of players, namely the elite ones not taking advantage of it....ever?!
Upon signing an NHL contract players choose not to accept the bursary given by the CHL the same way an NCAA player loses their full-ride scholarship.
Regarding level of play...IMO...
NAHL/OPJHL/MN HS<
BCHL/MN HS Elite league<
USHL/Shattuck<
CHL/NCAA (not top 3 conferences)/NTDP<
NCAA (WCHA, HE, CCHA)
Regarding level of play...IMO...
NAHL/OPJHL/MN HS<
BCHL/MN HS Elite league<
USHL/Shattuck<
CHL/NCAA (not top 3 conferences)/NTDP<
NCAA (HE, CCHA)<
NCAA (WCHA)