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Originally Posted by MattyC
Can someone explain to me the logic behind needing to protect NMCs? Why can't they just honor their status, and leave it up to teams whether they want to risk exposing them, or whether the expansion team wants to risk taking them and them refusing to waive (just take another player)?
I don't see why this has to be made more complicated than it needs to be.
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That would allow Chicago to leave Kane, Toews, Keith, Seabrook, Hossa, Hjalmarsson and Crawford unprotected in the expansion draft with the knowledge that they wouldn't be at risk of losing those players. This would also allow the Hawks to protect an additional 8 players in the expansion draft. Where most teams would only be able to protect 10 players, Chicago would be able to protect 18.
Also, every new contract signed this summer would include a NMC that was in effect from June 15 - July 1, 2017.