College hockey deserves a wider audience. Alumni of true "hockey schools" will tell you there's no "live" sport experience like it. Students will stand outside for hours in sub-zero to grab the free seats or the best 1st-come seats. Some of the arenas are small, but they're incredibly loud.
From Australia here. Re the NHL drafting and these college players being drafted but then playing college games? How does the NHL draft work compared to say, the NFL draft?
Hey mate, Aussie fan here too. Been a fan since 2009 when I watched a SJ vs Flames game in Calgary when I did the traditional Canadian WHP in Banff. I fell in love with the sharks and have been ever since. Regarding the draft, it's much different from the NFL. For example the NFL is a national sport so generating and farming talent is 100% done from the college system in America. They are drafted as a result of their respective college tenures and are more mature (21-23yrs old) when drafted. Undrafted Free Agents from other countries can still sign from their INT'L development program. All prospects are drafted to make the pro 53 man team and development happens through the depth chart. If not, they are waived with the hope of making practice squad to continue developing to be recalled to pro team. There isn't any junior development options at all while drafted under rights. Ice Hockey on the other hand is a Global sport and the NHL has drafting rights from multiple different countries (Russia, Sweden, Swis, Chec, Finland etc) and their respective leagues (Junior, Amateur Professional and Professional). Draft Year eligibility is from the age of 18-20, however, it's based of American School calendar year, so if you are 18 by the 15 of September you are eligible to be drafted that same year, if you are 18 after the 16th of September you have to wait to the following draft year. 16th of September is our 1st of Jan. Drafting is ONLY for rights and the player and team both equally have the choice on your development path. Example: USA NTDP players traditionally go from program to College, USHL players traditionally go from league to College, Russian players go from MHL to CHL or KHL (Juniors, Amateur-Pro, Pro), same as other European leagues. The next thing is, The NHL is much more complicated than the NFL when is comes to developing players. Each Junior league has its own rules which the NHL tries to work with. For instance, depending of the junior path the prospect will take is dependant on how you can enter the NHL. CHL prospects can sign their entry level contract immediately and still play in the CHL if they don't make their respective pro teams after 9 games. The NCAA on the other hand is purely an amateur league and can't sign your Entry Level contract till you go full pro (NHL or AHL) which means you can't go back. So if you are drafted out of CHL (OHL, WHL, QMJHL) the team that drafted you have the decision to choose whether you are NHL ready or not and they can test that for 9 games in the NHL before the Entry Level contract kicks in to affect. If the prospect isn't ready for the NHL they will be sent back down to their respective CHL team they were drafted from. NCAA, Swedish, Russian all have to fully commit to the NHL or AHL if they go pro. Entry level contracts have 2 years of deferment before they have to go into 3 yr effect. So if you sign a player, doesn't develop to the desired timeframe then you can defer till they do. Hope this Helps.
Now Smith and Celebrini will be playing on the same team.
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College hockey deserves a wider audience. Alumni of true "hockey schools" will tell you there's no "live" sport experience like it. Students will stand outside for hours in sub-zero to grab the free seats or the best 1st-come seats. Some of the arenas are small, but they're incredibly loud.
Macklin in San Jose
Pandolfo - big BC guy
This was a famous win-GO EAGLES!!! 🦅🦅🦅
Got my money on macklin that’s it!
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From Australia here. Re the NHL drafting and these college players being drafted but then playing college games?
How does the NHL draft work compared to say, the NFL draft?
Hey mate, Aussie fan here too. Been a fan since 2009 when I watched a SJ vs Flames game in Calgary when I did the traditional Canadian WHP in Banff. I fell in love with the sharks and have been ever since.
Regarding the draft, it's much different from the NFL. For example the NFL is a national sport so generating and farming talent is 100% done from the college system in America. They are drafted as a result of their respective college tenures and are more mature (21-23yrs old) when drafted. Undrafted Free Agents from other countries can still sign from their INT'L development program. All prospects are drafted to make the pro 53 man team and development happens through the depth chart. If not, they are waived with the hope of making practice squad to continue developing to be recalled to pro team. There isn't any junior development options at all while drafted under rights.
Ice Hockey on the other hand is a Global sport and the NHL has drafting rights from multiple different countries (Russia, Sweden, Swis, Chec, Finland etc) and their respective leagues (Junior, Amateur Professional and Professional). Draft Year eligibility is from the age of 18-20, however, it's based of American School calendar year, so if you are 18 by the 15 of September you are eligible to be drafted that same year, if you are 18 after the 16th of September you have to wait to the following draft year. 16th of September is our 1st of Jan. Drafting is ONLY for rights and the player and team both equally have the choice on your development path. Example: USA NTDP players traditionally go from program to College, USHL players traditionally go from league to College, Russian players go from MHL to CHL or KHL (Juniors, Amateur-Pro, Pro), same as other European leagues.
The next thing is, The NHL is much more complicated than the NFL when is comes to developing players. Each Junior league has its own rules which the NHL tries to work with. For instance, depending of the junior path the prospect will take is dependant on how you can enter the NHL. CHL prospects can sign their entry level contract immediately and still play in the CHL if they don't make their respective pro teams after 9 games. The NCAA on the other hand is purely an amateur league and can't sign your Entry Level contract till you go full pro (NHL or AHL) which means you can't go back. So if you are drafted out of CHL (OHL, WHL, QMJHL) the team that drafted you have the decision to choose whether you are NHL ready or not and they can test that for 9 games in the NHL before the Entry Level contract kicks in to affect. If the prospect isn't ready for the NHL they will be sent back down to their respective CHL team they were drafted from. NCAA, Swedish, Russian all have to fully commit to the NHL or AHL if they go pro. Entry level contracts have 2 years of deferment before they have to go into 3 yr effect. So if you sign a player, doesn't develop to the desired timeframe then you can defer till they do.
Hope this Helps.
Will Smith and Macklin Celebrini are the future
Connor.bedard.and.macklin.celebrini.are.future.with.blackhawks.big.deal.
We need Mack to come back to SJ. It would be so fitting for him to join Will as our face of the franchise.
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Gotta do better editors pando ain’t on BC lmao
I caught that too, good eye
Cutters a doosh