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Originally Posted by Swayze11
Thats not realistic though. If that was the case, Bouwmeester would still be in Florida, Gaborik would still be in minny, I can go on forever. The UFA batches are SOOOO brutal that it does not help a bottom feeder team whatsoever. You can say its a bad idea because your a contender, this allows bottom teams to play ball with the contenders.
I dont want to call out any GMs but this does in fact force trading. The Canucks have not made 1 trade all year, im not saying its a bad thing because if Sandra is happy with her team then so be it, but if this system was implemented she would lose Campbell or Vokoun if she wanted to "leave her team be". This would force her to trade one of them or let them walk if she was not in a playoff position.
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She'd lost one of them but after the season is over, she would the window of opportunity to find a team who doesn't have a player worthy of a tag. So in the end you'd have most trades still being made at the end of the season instead of during the season.
As for as me being contender, its been proven that teams can rise from mediocrity and become contenders. That was obviously done with trading but like I said before if you look hard enough you will find deals.
As for as you example wih Boumeester/Gaborik etc. there is only one way to add players feeling and that is with agents. If this rule was in the NHL, than Gaborik would still be in Minny.
Basically you want a franchise tag, like the NFL.