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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
It is illogical if you're holding up a legally binding contract that is for all intents and purposes over.
Honouring a NMC on an expiring contract? Illogical. It laughs in the face of the entire reason the NMC exists. The NMC gives a player control over where he plays. Being drafted by an expansion team right before your contract expires doesn't impact that at all.
No player is gunning for that NMC thinking:
"It's good you know, it means I can't be demoted, can't be traded without my permission, oh, and I can't be drafted by an expansion team five days before I hit UFA."
"Oh, you'd have to sign with them?"
"No, I'd just be on a new team for five days, and then be UFA regardless. But that's five days I'd have to... talk to them... if I wanted to. Ew."
Just because something is legally binding, does not mean it is logical.
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It would be illogical not to allow the players to waive their NMC, it may even be illogical for the player to refuse to waive it. But it is not illogical to uphold a valid contract if the player does not waive it. If it's a concern, they can be bought out later this month; they have a year to rectify that problem if it is one.