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lazypucker · 03-22-2016, 12:02 PM

I voted "NMCs must be protected, but do not count as a spot." In other words, NMCs don't need to be on the protected list and still be guaranteed not be picked away by the expansion team.

As I mentioned in the other thread, this may give teams incentives to lock up marquee players they want to keep with NMCs to guarantee they stay regardless, BUT there will be the risk of them turning out to be boat anchors down the road.

And maybe put in a rule where a team can only have 2 or 3 NMC players on the roster at any given time.

03-22-2016, 12:02 PM	#7
lazypucker First Line Centre Join Date: May 2004 Exp:	I voted "NMCs must be protected, but do not count as a spot." In other words, NMCs don't need to be on the protected list and still be guaranteed not be picked away by the expansion team. As I mentioned in the other thread, this may give teams incentives to lock up marquee players they want to keep with NMCs to guarantee they stay regardless, BUT there will be the risk of them turning out to be boat anchors down the road. And maybe put in a rule where a team can only have 2 or 3 NMC players on the roster at any given time.