This whole NMC discussion only seems to be considering the NMC players that people don't want.
What happens if the Flames give Gaudreau a NMC? If there's an exception that teams don't need to protect NMC players, then the Flames all of a sudden have one more player that they can protect, taking one more quality player away from the pool that Expansion teams can select from.
To me, the only thing that is fair is to force teams to protect players with NMC, unless the player agrees to waive the NMC. Player gets the protection of the NMC that they agreed to in the contract. Team is forced to live up to the NMC, but still has an out if they can get the player to agree to it.
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