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Hack&Lube · 06-01-2011, 03:25 PM

I have absolutely nothing against Erixon and the Flames did decently for player that never wanted to keep playing here.

But this isn't a Drury situation, it's a draft situation. I don't like how the system works in that a player can refuse to sign with the team that drafted him for arbitrary or unstated reasons -> without consequences. A player that does this should not be able to re-enter the NHL draft or play with another NHL team for another year. There should be a waiver situation like with FAs who are free to not report to the team that traded for/signed them/have their rights like Nabokov and the Islanders. The consequence is that they are not allowed into an NHL organization until the next season.

06-01-2011, 03:25 PM	#259
Hack&Lube Atomic Nerd Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Calgary Exp:	I have absolutely nothing against Erixon and the Flames did decently for player that never wanted to keep playing here. But this isn't a Drury situation, it's a draft situation. I don't like how the system works in that a player can refuse to sign with the team that drafted him for arbitrary or unstated reasons -> without consequences. A player that does this should not be able to re-enter the NHL draft or play with another NHL team for another year. There should be a waiver situation like with FAs who are free to not report to the team that traded for/signed them/have their rights like Nabokov and the Islanders. The consequence is that they are not allowed into an NHL organization until the next season.