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Originally Posted by Reign of Fire
I think they should change the rules to if a player is offered the max under ELC, and refuses to sign with the team that drafted him, that player must wait a year before entering the draft again. Also if a team is offering a max allowed and still is unable to sign the player, the team should be compensated with the same pick in the draft. This would deter draft picks from refusing to sign.
And I agree that losing Erixon is a big loss, and I am not sold on Horak either, but hopefully I am wrong, and he turns into a regular NHLer for us.
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The rule should be that you have x amount of years to sign your prospect, at the end of that time there should be a set qualifying offer like RFA and you retain your prospect. If he does not want to sign with a club then the club can either trade him and have the time to do so they need or he can wait until he reaches UFA status. Players entering the draft should not have any advantage in where they end up playing, it is not fair to the team who drafts them.