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Originally Posted by Jake
Because I just don't see why they needed to give players like Sarich NTC's in the first place. You could very well be right, it may not matter in the end, but that doesn't answer my question. When the contract was signed presumably Flames management thought Sarich was going to play, given the salary they offered him. At the time, there was no way to predict the current situation with Sarich... so given that, why did they give him the NTC?
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Well I'd argue you could easily predict it since Sutter scratched Sarich quite regularly at times as well.
I think they gave him the NMC because he likes the city and didn't want to be moved on a whim. He showed loyalty to the Flames so they showed some loyalty in response.
I'll ask you, why not give him the NMC? We've moved players with NTC/NMC's clauses in the past (Regehr for example), we'll move them again in the future. If a player can't crack our roster they'd probably like to move on.
I'll ask another question, which players have had NMC/NTC that have really bitten us in the butt? I'd say Jokinen because it would've been sweet to move him last trade deadline but I'm not convinced management would've moved him anyways.
I think fans make way too much of the NMC/NTC. I don't think it hinders Feaster as much as many fans make it out to be. I think the players who can't crack our roster would waive their NMC/NTC in an instant to go play somewhere else in the NHL.
If you wanna look on the bright side at least Babchuk's contract is expiring this summer. And Sarich now makes only 2 million instead of 3.6. Sarich at 3.6 million with a lower cap hit was a bad contract, now his contract is a minor annoyance. And Sarich's NMC does expire at the end of this calendar year.
Babchuk's crappiness hinders our ability to trade him more than the NTC does. I thought his expired before the trade deadline?