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Don't quote me on this but as far as I know, those 17 year olds will
turn 18 inside of this year. The draft eligible players are born in a
certain time frame (and I don't think it's the calendar year, maybe Sept
1 to Sept 1 (?)).
Players are eligible also for two(?) years and then they go into the
supplemental draft that only the non-playoff teams pick in. Otherwise a
player can only sign as a free agent.
As well, unlike Major League Baseball, teams hold the rights for a
college bound players through there four/five years at college. If they
do not go to college, the team must sign them within a year of the draft
or they can go back into the draft the following year as per Tripp from
Oshawa Generals.
I may be wrong about some of this. Please correct me if thats the case.
Rick Traugott
Head Hockey Coach
Trinity College School
Port Hope, Ontario
Bill Fenwick wrote:
> Question: what's with the 17-year-olds in the draft? (Thornton,
> Marleau, etc.)
> I thought the age limit was 19. Or is that only for drafting
> college/college-
> bound players? Or do the younger players declare, as they do for the
> NBA draft?
>
> --
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> Bill Fenwick
> Cornell '86 and '95
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