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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Franchises don't WANT to sign players. It is a waste to do so.
So, if we had signed Erixon immediately to a standard 3 year ELC after his draft, what would happen?
The last 2 years would be eaten up in Sweden. We would then have only 1 year left of his ELC. It doesn't make any organizational sense to sign European players to an ELC if they are not joining your club or AHL farm team. You maintain rights without costing $$, and even more importantly, not wasting the cheap years. It isn't a fault of Sutter's - if he had signed him, and Erixon went to Sweden, then we would be really mad.
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Nope, pretty sure the years don't start ticking off an ELC til the player starts playing North American pro