From Kevin McGran of the Toronto Star:
Citing a difficulty in signing them and a decline in the quality of their play, a movement is gaining traction to eliminate European hockey players from Canada’s major junior hockey teams.
The Ontario Hockey League discussed the possibility of eliminating the annual draft of European players at the league’s recent summer meetings in Collingwood.
Read the entire article here.
This problem is mainly a signability issue and the CHL teams are growing tired of drafting players and then never seeing them come over to play in the league. I can just hear Don Cherry saying “I told you so” ….
He's closing in on his first game since January 13th.
The 2024 2nd rounder is in Winnipeg where he'll spend the rest of the season…
At the GM meetings GMKC spoke 1-on-1 with Gino Reda.