An Age Limit in Hockey? Not So Fast...

Below, Mike has written a great post (7/17) about the age limit reported to be in the new hockey CBA, as well as a legal strategy for defeating such an age limit. It appears that TSN Canada was wrong, though, so that legal argument will have to be saved for another day. As the NHL describes the new agreement:

Who is eligible for selection in the Entry Draft?

Draft eligibility rules will remain unchanged from the expired CBA (all players must be age 18 by September 15 in the year in which the Draft is held).

Thus, it appears that baseball and hockey will remain the two major leagues without age limits. Not coincidentally, they are also the two leagues with developed minor league systems.

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