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The WHL drafts 14-year-old hockey players. Whereas the OHL and the QMHL drafts 15-year-old hockey players. 1 year makes a big difference.

The WHL is drafting second year bantams, the other leagues - first year midgets.

With the WHL drafting a year earlier, aspiring players and the parents of those players have big decisions to make.

Some choose to "position" themselves at 13 years old, so they are on the track and in the right program for their draft year. This means paying big dollars and kids moving away from home in some cases.

There is no simple solution, but in this clip Troy Mick and I discuss the landscape of what it looks like for US and Canadian born players with aspirations of playing in the WHL.

Clip taken from the EP.91 of the Up My Hockey podcast with guest Troy Mick of the BCHL Wenatchee Wild