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Thread: BCHL to hold first-ever affiliate draft of 15-year-old players

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    Post BCHL to hold first-ever affiliate draft of 15-year-old players

    Posted by Nathan Fournier

    On Monday, Oct. 3, BCHL governor and league officials will convene in Richmond for the first governors meetings of the new season.

    Amongst other things, an affiliate draft will be held which will give teams the chance to select 15-year-old players for the purpose of affiliating them for the season and introduce them to their team culture and to Junior A hockey. The players rights will not be retained at the end of the season.

    "It will give each team a season to build a relationship with the young player," said BCHL executive director Dave Sales. "Perhaps more importantly for the league as a whole, even if a player doesn't stay with the team that drafted them, they may sign with another BCHL team because of their exposure to the league and we will have been successful as a group in keeping players versus them choosing other options."

    The idea for the affiliate draft was approved by governors after the end of last season from a motion by the the steering committe of the board of directors. As ever, the BCHL is exploring new ideas as a way of staying relevant to developing hockey players and as a way of setting the pace for Junior A hockey in Canada.

    Teams will have the option of selecting a player in each of the two rounds but are not required to do so because the draft is optional. Teams select based on reverse order of finish in the 2010-11 standings. The draft order is as follows:

    1. Prince George
    2. Chilliwack
    3. Cowichan Valley
    4. Merritt
    5. Coquitlam
    6. Alberni Valley
    7. Nanaimo
    8. Trail
    9. Victoria
    10. Langley
    11. Westside
    12. Surrey
    13. Salmon Arm
    14. Penticton
    15. Vernon
    16. Powell River

    http://theworldofjuniorhockey.blogsp...ate-draft.html

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    Did I read this rite? The guy is saying the player might be drafted by one team but might go play for another BCHL team? If that's the case then the draft is a waste of time lol.

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    So a team drafts a 15yr old and has his rights for 1 yr, then he is free to go wherever? Sounds like it might be a good tool for recrutment, it may give a player who is maybe on the bubble a chance to gain knowledge of what he has to do to make that next developmental step. time will tell if it works.

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