Hockeyfan44
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- Apr 7, 2020
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The NAHL is a high quality junior league second only to the USHL in the US. It is on par at least with most of the Canadian junior A leagues. It is scouted heavily by both NCAA DI & DIII coaches, along with NHL scouts.I have received an offer to play in the NAHL next season and I'm curious as to what the skill level is like compared to Canadian Junior League's. I know that the NAHL is considered Teir II Junior. So does that equate to Jr. B skill wise? Or is it closer to Canadian Jr. A? Or does it go the other way and is just dog shit?
Any understanding anyone can give me on this would be extremely helpful.
Thanks
I have received an offer to play in the NAHL next season and I'm curious as to what the skill level is like compared to Canadian Junior League's. I know that the NAHL is considered Teir II Junior. So does that equate to Jr. B skill wise? Or is it closer to Canadian Jr. A? Or does it go the other way and is just dog shit?
Any understanding anyone can give me on this would be extremely helpful.
Thanks
The big thing to consider is your goal. Do you want to go to a college in America? It is much easier for NCAA schools to scout you in the NAHL than if you're in Canada. Want to make Canadian major junior? Canadian Jr A might be the better route. Honestly, the NAHL, BCHL, and then parts of the OJHL and AJHL are all pretty equivalent and will be able to get you where you want to go. The rest of Canadian Jr A is still good, but more variance and a little more specific goals in mind (QJAAAHL is almost exclusively trying to send guys to the QMJHL for example).
Daniel Walcott (Daniel Walcott at eliteprospects.com) is a good example of this. Played IL high school hockey, then ACHA, made the Q on a tryout, and will probably play at least a few games in the NHL (signed by Tampa).There seems to be an under-spoken mantra coming out of the NHL that says “wherever you go as a prospect, we will find you.”
In the recent past, the BCHL was supposedly heavily recruited by colleges because it wasn’t considered pro by the NCAA and had that marriage of Canadian talent and access to large west coast populations that wouldn’t necessarily be scouted back east otherwise. Things have probably moved quickly since, the BCHL hasn’t really profited from that, and now add pandemic border restrictions and things probably have changed and will change further.
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There seems to be an under-spoken mantra coming out of the NHL that says “wherever you go as a prospect, we will find you.” I don’t know if that applies to every Saskatchewan pond hockey prospect, but at least it’s semi-reassuring.
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This hits very close to home for me, my friend.Or be an HFBoards poster.
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Well the good news is, according to @CrazyEddie20, you'll always have over-the-road trucking to fall back on.
He also said:Judge Smails would remind you that "the world needs ditch diggers, too."