Elliotte Friedman was on NHL Now following the NHL Trade Deadline on Friday, and he was asked about one among the largest explanation why there was minimal player movement. His answer revolved across the trade protection that so many players within the NHL have.
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Cory Schneider: “I desired to ask you a matter. I don’t say there’s an absence of movement today (yesterday), but there have been some big names on the market that didn’t find yourself moving. Some teams who I assumed were clear sellers, who didn’t possibly unload as much as we had thought. How much did the brand new rules of the CBA affect that when it comes to no double retention, the LTIR rule for playoffs, and even the cap going up, where teams are actually in a position to retain their pending free agents? Do you could have a way of any that played a think about possibly guys not moving that we thought were clearly going to maneuver?”
Elliotte Friedman: “You realize, Cory, I feel of all those things. I feel the double retention played the largest deal, because for those who desired to do double retention this yr, you needed to have the primary trade done by early December. And it’s just, I actually do think, and I’ll freely admit it, I hate the league for doing this since it’s not good for all of us who like these things. But I feel that was one among the largest, biggest aspects. The playoff recent LTIR, yeah, I feel teams were concerned about it, however the double retention was greater.
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Truthfully, Cory, I feel the largest thing is the no-trade clauses, and I don’t complain about that, and also you negotiate a deal, and the 2 sides sign a deal. Fair is fair. You reside as much as your deal. But I do think sometime down the road, and possibly it’s the following CBA. I expect teams and the league to attempt to see in the event that they can provide you with a approach to limit them. I don’t know if it’ll work, but I hear quite a lot of complaining about that.
Nevertheless, immediately, Cory fair is fair for those who sign a deal, and there’s guys like Kelly Hrudey. He’s a complete hardliner. He feels that if you could have a no trade clause. You shouldn’t even be allowed to ask to waive it. But I feel that’s the largest factor.”
NHLRumors.com Note: Now, to be fair to Elliotte and the GMs within the NHL, they asked for a playoff cap. They asked for LTIR within the playoffs and the double retention. Many GMs who were as aggressive or creative as Kelly McCrimmon in Vegas, Bill Zito in Florida, Julien BriseBois in Tampa Bay, Jim Nill in Dallas, and others on the list felt they were circumventing the system. So that they put these rules in place. These are also the identical GMs who wanted a decentralized draft. So fair is fair.
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As for the NTC/NMCs, teams don’t like handing them out, but players want cost certainty and don’t wish to wonder about their future year-to-year. That’s why Winnipeg Jets GM Kevin Cheveldayoff finally began handing them out to maintain players in Winnipeg and convey them there. At once, his best six players have NTCs. The remainder don’t. That’s how former GM Lou Lamoriello operated.
Nothing within the CBA says you could have to present a player an NTC, however the likelihood of him signing there’s slim. But having 13 players with some form of trade protection really hinders a team’s ability to get trades done.
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