Banni
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I have a hard time believing they buy out Zaitsev.
A. he probably has some trade value.
B. it doesn't really save anything. Especially when your rookies probably need time to develop.
Drysdale might end up being a really good player, but he's not ready to make the jump to the NHL yet.
If I were OTT I would sent him to the NCAA where the game is faster than the OHL.
It's really the problem with the CHL in that the players are so young that it dilutes the talent for the top talent of the league. It can stunt the growth so to say. But at the NCAA level they are going against older competition and a lot of draft picks, guys who will be FA from a much smaller pool of teams. So the speed of the game is faster and better play.
The CHL has no way of increasing the competition level for guys who are clearly ready for a next step but aren't NHL quality. It's in some sense killing the league. Which is why the NCAA now has 34% of players coming out of it and growing.
You would think they could make 1 smaller league of guys who have already been drafted, let the teams pick who they wish to add, so the competition level rises and the pace and skill of the game increases.
Because from 18-20 it's kind of like a black hole. We know guys are way more talented than their competition but they can't really grow without better competition.