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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I'm not a lawyer but surely in a contract there would be stipulations regarding the NMC and if the wording of the contract does not include expansion draft I fail to see how the NHLPA would have a case. At the very least it would have to be on a contract to contract basis as it's possible some players contracts do in fact have expansion draft included in their NMC.
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Even if they force guys with NMCs to go to LV (I doubt it very much), all said player would have to do is demand a trade if he didn't want to go. We've seen it countless times in the past, if a player really doesn't want to be somewhere, he will orchestrate his own departure. I think these NMCs will end up being a non-issue, whichever way the league/nhlpa goes. Some guys would be okay with it, some won't, depending on their personal situation. I bet the GM of LV would approach any potential NMC draftees and get their consent, at least that's what I would do. Why would you want a player who doesn't want to be on your team? It makes no sense.