https://flyersnittygritty.com/with-the-recent-success-of-the-flyers-and-other-teams-underage-prospects-isnt-about-time-the-ahl-drops-the-age-requirement-for-good/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=with-the-recent-success-of-the-flyers-and-other-teams-underage-prospects-isnt-about-time-the-ahl-drops-the-age-requirement-for-good Authentic insider access to the Flyers, Phantoms, Royals ice hockey Wed, 28 Apr 2021 11:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://flyersnittygritty.com/with-the-recent-success-of-the-flyers-and-other-teams-underage-prospects-isnt-about-time-the-ahl-drops-the-age-requirement-for-good/#comment-1164 Wed, 28 Apr 2021 11:18:04 +0000 https://flyersnittygritty.com/?p=31279#comment-1164 Most 18/19 year olds are better off in junior hockey and if they played in AHL, most would not be ready for the physical play they would face. Like college basketball, Canadian Juniors hockey is a great place for young players to develop in the right environment. Yes, for junior hockey to survive, Canada’s junior hockey teams need talented players. Most of these teams would lose money if their key players were in the AHL and these teams would go belly up for that reason. Without Canadian junior hockey, the NHL would suffer. Fewer players would be playing junior hockey and fewer stars would result. The NHL gets a lot of players from Canadian juniors and seeing that pipeline dry up would be bad for everyone, especially the NHL.

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