Until COVID is more resolved, I don't think teams will have much luck persuading players to waive NTCs. At least not to leave Canada.
Only twice in the last 30 years has drafting a winger 1OA worked out as the absolute right move (Kane, Nash). Kovalchuk and Ovechkin are probably better than Spezza and Malkin respectively, though with hindsight, I think a franchise might still be better off with the Centre in each case...as crazy as it is to say about arguably the greatest goal-scorer of all time.
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