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Originally Posted by GranteedEV
Jake Muzzin wasn`t offered a contract by his NHL team. Nobody batted an eye because he was still an NHL talent and ended up getting a contract by the Kings and eventually made the NHL. No one lost.
If a player who isn't an NHL talent doesn't get offered a contract by his NHL team, the NHL team isn't screwing him over, his own talent is.
What do the Preds get out of this? Nada. For a player who is probably an NHL talent.
It'd be nice if there were a rule where Vesey can sign his UFA contract in August 2017 instead of August 2016. I wonder if he would change his mind.
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You're acting like each team has the same signing priorities. This non-NHL talent may have been an NHL talent in one team's eye at some point during the 4 years he was held under the team's control.
Say Jankowski had a crummy year this year and was no longer considered an NHL talent. Last summer very likely an NHL team would have offered him a contract but the Flames who owned his rights didn't. He would be screwed because he could have had an NHL contract from someone but didn't because only ONE team could sign him.