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Post by Habs_fan_in_LA on Sept 23, 2004 15:43:34 GMT -5
If there is no agreement, can't the NHL teams return all their Jr. eligible players to their respective Jr. teams and still be able to bring them back if/when an agreement with the NHLPA is reached.
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Post by montreal on Sept 23, 2004 17:52:45 GMT -5
If there is no agreement, can't the NHL teams return all their Jr. eligible players to their respective Jr. teams and still be able to bring them back if/when an agreement with the NHLPA is reached. I don't think the NHL wants to piss off the CHL, who are likely the biggest system they draw their players from. The NHL has enough problems right now. |
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Post by Rimmer on Sept 24, 2004 2:06:19 GMT -5
The Canadian Hockey League is the umbrella organization that includes the Western, Ontario and Quebec junior leagues. Each of the 56 teams in the CHL are allowed to dress three 20-year-olds, or overage players.
While most players in that age group graduate to the pro ranks, the NHL lockout is creating a push-down effect through the minor leagues.
The AHL announced this week several young NHL players would be playing in the league to start this season, including Blue Jackets forward Nikolai Zherdev (Syracuse), Florida Panthers defenceman Jay Bouwmeester (San Antonio), Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Joni Pitkanen (Philadelphia Phantoms), Minnesota Wild forward Pierre-Marc Bouchard (Houston) and Anaheim forward Joffrey Lupul (Cincinnati).
"We're at the bottom of the trickle down," Kingston Frontenacs head coach Jim Hulton said. "The NHL is placing players that are NHL calibre in the American League, the American League is going to place American League calibre players in the East Coast League and that's going to trickle down and there's going to be guys that should be playing in the American League or the East Coast league that are going to be back here."
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The idea of raising the number of overage players came up, but was discarded.
"It definitely was something that we shot around," DeBoer said. "We considered going to four and decided not to. As a league, I think the rationale behind it was that we don't want to be changing our rules on a yearly basis based on the unknowns of a lockout by a different league."slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/Junior/2004/09/22/639519-cp.htmlR.
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Post by M. Beaux-Eaux on Sept 24, 2004 3:49:08 GMT -5
I don't think the NHL wants to piss off the CHL, who are likely the biggest system they draw their players from. The NHL has enough problems right now. FWIW, the NHL's agreement with the CHL expired a few months back and there haven't been any talks on a new agreement. |
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Post by montreal on Sept 24, 2004 19:51:09 GMT -5
FWIW, the NHL's agreement with the CHL expired a few months back and there haven't been any talks on a new agreement. I know, but there's going to be a new deal at some point, and the NHL doesn't need to go pissing off the top development league. |
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