So CHL players are now eligible to play NCAA hockey. And this might really change how NHL teams are able to retain players rights. Let me explain. Before, if a CHL player was drafted into the NHL, the NHL team that drafted him had two years to retain that player’s rights. So in that period of time, they need to sign the player or they’ll lose him. And for NCAA players, an NHL team could retain their rights for four years or 30 days after they’ve left school. And if you were a junior hockey player playing in the USHL, you get drafted and then you go D1. Well, they could extend the amount of time that they’re going to retain your rights because while they were retaining your rights, you went to school and with CHL players now going D1. This kind of changes how the system might look at how the players are going to be evaluated. The CHL and NHL have an agreement that doesn’t allow NHL drafted prospects from the CHL to go play in the minors right away, so they have to return to the CHL. But now, with being able to extend guys rights because they go to school, could NHL teams want guys to go play one two years of college hockey then sign said player? It does sound like the NHL, NHLPA in the CHL are going to have to work out some of their agreements.
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