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Old 03-08-2016, 03:44 PM   #1100
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction View Post
If there was a limit of under 20 players a team could have rights to, plus if you raised the ELC maximum, it would be impossible for teams to horde young talent. They wouldn't have salary room or room on their reserve list to do it.

The draft has also never contributed to parity. In fact, there was a massive lack of parity until the salary cap came into effect. The draft existed long before that and it never did anything to promote parity.
Teams couldn't hoard high volumes of talent, but the sexy teams (Rangers, LA, Toronto, etc.) would most definitely be able to hoard the highest quality prospects.

Basically, "So <insert young undrafted stud>, want to come play in the sexy big apple or in no good Mulletville".
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