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Originally Posted by pseudoreality
Why do they keep doing this if they hate the escrow so much?
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If a player signs a contract for 5 years, and they used the escalator is used every year, slowly escrow eats into that contract. If that player then becomes a UFA, they would flip if they sacrificed for 5 years for others to get bigger contracts and when their time for a big contract comes along the NHLPA didn't use it. This would cause there to be a lot less cap space for signing UFAs and downward pressure on the contract the player could sign.
The NHLPA will always use the escalator and to not use it would cause a huge problem internally for the NHLPA.