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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 5330520, member: 1969"]
The other thing I noted was that there was 51 players that had committed to NCAA schools prior to November 2024,  have now joined CHL teams since November 2024.   (I assume a few of the 68 I identified above, were probably in the same boat)

So basically at the end of the day the clear losers are the Secondary Junior Leagues that housed good players who had NCAA aspirations that avoided the CHL because it would have made them NCAA ineligible.    These would be CJHL (Tier 2 Junior) in Canada and even the USHL in the states.   Now these teams are losing their best players to the CHL.

In fact a number of USHL (US Junior hockey) teams have applied for entry into Canada and are getting blocked by USA Hockey.

The NCAA comes out a winner in this (other than the above noted US born kids losing spots)   You are basically getting kids developed for you in some cases up to the age of 20 in Canada before they come to the NCAA.    How big or not big that parade of players is unknown, but either way there isn't much negative in terms of quality of players.

The CHL (OHL, WHL, QMHL) are probably more neutral.   Yes they are getting more 16, 17 and 18 year old kids, from both Canada and the US that will now play in the league.     But you may also be losing some 18 and 19 year old kids to the NCAA now.
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