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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Hasn't been a rule, though I'm sure the teams sometimes pass off informal compensation when making later trades.
The unwritten-written rule is that you don't stand in the way of a minor league coach/manager when they get an NHL opportunity. Aside from being a dick move, it would be an excellent way to ensure up and coming coaches and managers avoid your organization in the future.
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Yeah it was a rule last year. The Oilers gave up compensation for Chirelli. There was someone else that gave a second rounder for a fired coach too.
Update,
I guess they got rid of it all together, I thought they just amended it so compensation wasn't required for fired (under contract) coaches. Looks like its all gone.
https://www.nhl.com/news/nhl-to-end-...olicy/c-791590
"The policy in place this year allowed the Vancouver Canucks to secure a second-round draft pick when coach John Tortorella was hired by the Columbus Blue Jackets on Oct. 21. Tortorella hadn't coached for the Canucks since the end of the 2013-14 season, but he was still under contract. The Toronto Maple Leafs had to sacrifice third-round draft picks to the Detroit Red Wings and New Jersey Devils for hiring coach Mike Babcock in May and general manager Lou Lamoriello in September.
The Pittsburgh Penguins received a draft pick from the Buffalo Sabres when they hired Dan Bylsma, who was fired by the Penguins following the 2013-14 season. They also got one from the Devils for hiring coach John Hynes, who was coaching Pittsburgh's affiliate in the American Hockey League.
The San Jose Sharks got a draft pick from the Edmonton Oilers when they hired coach Todd McLellan. The Boston Bruins also got a pick from the Oilers for hiring general manager Peter Chiarelli.
On two occasions, the compensation proviso was waived. Coach Peter DeBoer was hired without compensation by the Sharks after being fired by the Devils last season. GM Ray Shero, fired after the 2013-14 season by the Penguins, went to New Jersey this summer without compensation."
Brian Burke, the Calgary Flames president of hockey operations, was a supporter of the compensation policy until he heard the presentation from Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly on Tuesday.
"What we were trying to do was provide an orderly way for young management people or coaches to be allowed to progress and move up the ladder, but a team that had skill at identifying young people would be compensated for it," Burke said. "
It was never envisioned it would apply to terminated employees. The League applied it in that manner and they presented today, I think, some compelling ideas for eliminating it and they eliminated it.
"Once it was explained why they recommended that it would be eliminated, there was no opposition to it."