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UMaine 25-26: Marques My Word: Back to the Big Time

ticapnews said:
Every team except the top of the NCHC and BTHC were weak. This was an awful season for college hockey. Hopefully not a harbinger of things to come.
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Honestly, have to agree here. No truly great teams to my eye, but even then the top of teams were still considerably better than the rest. I'm willing to chalk it up to an adjustment period, r.e CHL imports, and hope it stabilizes, but I agree I hope this wasnt a sneak peak of the future of the game at the college level.
 
amkirby10 said:
Honestly, have to agree here. No truly great teams to my eye, but even then the top of teams were still considerably better than the rest. I'm willing to chalk it up to an adjustment period, r.e CHL imports, and hope it stabilizes, but I agree I hope this wasnt a sneak peak of the future of the game at the college level.
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I think it is the future, its been creeping in this direction for a while now with it accelerating last couple years.
The accumulation of money and talent in a low % of the overall teams has/will create great divides within D1.
Where it ends up - ?? -
Maybe schools just shut down their program, maybe shools break away from ncaa, maybe ncaa figures out how to level the playing field.
 
ticapnews said:
Every team except the top of the NCHC and BTHC were weak. This was an awful season for college hockey. Hopefully not a harbinger of things to come.
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Seriously. Eastern hockey taking it on the chin this season. It will be interesting to see which programs thrive in the age of NIL....and which ones fall by the wayside.
 
I dunno. I think it was a year of upheaval while everyone tries to figure out NIL/Revenue Sharing, CHL eligibility, etc. Every long term plan got balled up and thrown in the trash last January. Schools and coaches will figure it out.
 
BobF said:
Sorry, it may sound harsh, but you have no idea what you are talking about. Many kids over the years have left early for the pros at the AHL level. These guys are not 19, they are 23 and 24! There dream is to put on an NHL sweater. Have been watching Maine hockey since 1980, these are expected departures. The one departure that did not happen last year that was a surprise was Boija, and now he'll need to come back and reestablish himself, as he lost quite a bit of money by not signing last year. They are at Maine to play pro hockey, period!
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Actually I'd say you clearly don't know what you're talking about. I looked at the last 5 years and found TWO instances of players leaving early for an AHL deal (outside of Nadeau and Djurasevic of course). Nick Rheaume left Northeastern and Bradley Marek left Ferris. That's it.

Boija turned down NHL ELCs last year, which is very different. You guys seem to not understand the difference between an NHL ELC (which is normal to leave early for) and a normal AHL deal (which is clearly absolutely NOT normal to leave early for). The fact that you have two in the same offseason is unprecedented, whether you want to believe it or not.
 
times are changing-Djurasevic is 24-If you want to play pro can't wait much longer
more 20-21 yr old freshmen going to leave if offered- AHL salaries are also better
Going to see with overage canadian juniors who show some potential in college
 
This is one of the worst tourneys that I recall in recent memory. As is discussed, the East really sucked. All the games seemed to be multi goal games, very few OT games (or close games at all for that matter).

That said, we beat MC, so by extension were in the tournament, and we also beat Denver, so we may as well be considered to be in the FF.
 
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DLG said:
times are changing-Djurasevic is 24-If you want to play pro can't wait much longer
more 20-21 yr old freshmen going to leave if offered- AHL salaries are also better
Going to see with overage canadian juniors who show some potential in college
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The new CBA raised the minimum AHL salary from a bit over $50K to $60K by 2030. That's hardly a major increase. Even veterans on AHL contracts (as opposed to NHL 2-way contracts) generally earn $70K-$80K. A player signing a rookie AHL contract takes a development back seat to players from the NHL parent's 50 contract pool (players on NHL ELCs or veteran contracts) and are more likely to be pushed down to the ECHL, and far less money, than they are to ever wear an NHL sweater in a regular season game. Prospects that think they have a chance are better served staying in college looking to have a break out season and earn an NHL ELC. Prospects that don’t think they have chance would probably live as well or better on a full scholarship and even some NIL. They can always get a minor league deal after they graduate. That's why it is very rare to see players leave early for an AHL deal.
 
rpi82 said:
The new CBA raised the minimum AHL salary from a bit over $50K to $60K by 2030. That's hardly a major increase. Even veterans on AHL contracts (as opposed to NHL 2-way contracts) generally earn $70K-$80K. A player signing a rookie AHL contract takes a development back seat to players from the NHL parent's 50 contract pool (players on NHL ELCs or veteran contracts) and are more likely to be pushed down to the ECHL, and far less money, than they are to ever wear an NHL sweater in a regular season game. Prospects that think they have a chance are better served staying in college looking to have a break out season and earn an NHL ELC. Prospects that don’t think they have chance would probably live as well or better on a full scholarship and even some NIL. They can always get a minor league deal after they graduate. That's why it is very rare to see players leave early for an AHL deal.
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The Rise of Two-Year AHL Rookie Contracts, an NHL Contract Management Strategy

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LP_Hockey said:
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The Rise of Two-Year AHL Rookie Contracts, an NHL Contract Management Strategy

Since 2009, 100 Degree Hockey has been the premier source for Texas Stars news and hockey coverage in Austin, Texas.
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All the players mentioned in that piece had exhausted their eligibility. The discussion was regarding players leaving school early for minor league contracts, which are still rare because the organization is making far less of a commitment to the player than under an NHL contract. Straight minor league deals are pretty much subsistence level (AHL) or below (ECHL and even lower leagues).
 
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