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Originally Posted by Zevo
I can see B as I have no idea how many teams it affects however I don't think Bettman would care one way or another and i'm sure expansion would still go ahead if teams didn't/don't have to protect UFAs.
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http://www.todaysslapshot.com/from-t...n-contentious/
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“The other thing is that one of the real contentious discussions so far as the executive committee level is the actual parameters of an expansion draft, and how that would look like, because Gary Bettman wants an expansion draft to be better than ever before.
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The PA had to sign off on expansion rules (i.e. the NMC), But it's Bettman pushing for the shorter protected list (with a longer list it's not as much an issue). Bettman doesn't care about the NMC issue much I wager but he cares about the other part that makes it sting.