Today the CHL Import draft is held, where the 60 CHL teams get on a conference call and pick players from outside North America. This draft is a little bit different than picking the best player available: There are many side deals happening around the draft, and teams want to try to know if they pick a player, that there’s a chance that player could report. Also CHL teams are limited to two players who are considered imports per season, so not every team uses both of their picks each year, if they’re bringing back one or both of the import players from a previous season they’ll simply pass when it’s their turn to pick.
Niagara IceDogs draft Toronto Maple Leafs pick Timothy Liljegren in CHL Import Draft
