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CHL to NCAA Recruiting Megathread

Wanted to share this section of today's 32 Thoughts podcast for a very concise and broad evaluation from Friedge on the CHL/NCAA panic going on. His cohost Kyle Bukauskas is a little less objective since his brother works for the WHL, but he mentions a few interesting points himself.

There's a lot of doom and gloom going around the CHL landscape after the Reschny/Verhoeff news. I can do a greater breakdown of why and what is being said if anyone wants, maybe like this post if you would be interested.
 
elbojpb said:
The comparative paucity of CHL kids committing to the Ivies will almost certainly mean pretty lean times for those schools. 😞
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Quinnipiac and Clarkson have loaded up on CHL recruits. Colgate has a few too. I expect Quinnipiac and Clarkson to have strong years next year.
 
elbojpb said:
The comparative paucity of CHL kids committing to the Ivies will almost certainly mean pretty lean times for those schools. 😞
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Happens when people aren’t prepared academically to try to get in, which has always been a concern for the Ivies even before the rule change. One thing i think the Ivies are definitely benefiting from is players going to CHL from their junior teams and getting better competition. G Rudy Guimond (Yale) had an insane run with Moncton, who won the QMJHL championship.
 
4four4 said:

Gophers an odd exception as CHL stars flock to NCAA hockey powers​


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feels like they just haven’t focused on it all that much. there’s a few teams that havent.

in related news, Gopher commit Mace-o Phillips is reportedly spending another year in juniors after NTDP and spoke on a podcast about his two potential landing spots- Green Bay or Portland Winterhawks. i really like the Portland organization and seems like they’re very supportive of their players going to NCAA, even early.
 
Sparkee said:
Quinnipiac and Clarkson have loaded up on CHL recruits. Colgate has a few too. I expect Quinnipiac and Clarkson to have strong years next year.
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Fortune favors the bold, although the Ivies academic entrance requirements may essentially "price" them out of the CHL market. Unfortunately, I predict that the ECAC will become a bit more bi-modal over the next few seasons. Will be interesting nonetheless.
 
elbojpb said:
Fortune favors the bold, although the Ivies academic entrance requirements may essentially "price" them out of the CHL market. Unfortunately, I predict that the ECAC will become a bit more bi-modal over the next few seasons. Will be interesting nonetheless.
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A lot of the desireable US recruits will be headed to the CHL making it the premier league that feeds NCAA, which has been USHL for a while. So I think the Ivies will have no choice if they want to compete. I do see two for Princeton, and one for Cornell. They may be late to the game, but will still get in the game.
 
Sparkee said:
Cinnamoroll, do you know if the QMJHL draft this weekend is on live stream for free somewhere?
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Looks like round one will be on CHL TV and Eastlink (canadian cable), but reportedly rounds 2-12 will be streamed live on youtube. Might be able to sail the seas to find round one though.

The QMJHL draft is a lot more like the NHL draft, in that they have players and families attend and come on stage after they are picked. There's a report that the OHL is sending some staff members to examine how they do things, which could indicate interest in doing their 1st rounds like this.
 
also in QMJHL news: Caleb Desnoyers confirms he's planning on staying in Moncton next season, they've named him captain. So no NCAA plans in immediate future.
 
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