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Originally Posted by dino7c
Needs to be changed...they go to all the trouble and miss two seasons for a hard cap and then allow the Rangers to steal players like this.
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That, and NMCs/NTCs. The league is way too liberal with those. They should have adopted something closer to the NBA system.
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Originally Posted by simonsays
I think that at the very least there should be an extra year between graduation and free agency. Let them play in the AHL or KHL if they're determined to not sign with the team that drafted them. That way there is at least a small monetary penalty for going FA right out of college.
Otherwise teams that draft NCAA players are left in limbo.
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Or have another class of free agents. The NHL implements a Group II free agency for younger players already signed to the NHL to deter other teams from poaching them. They could do something like that. The player would technically be a free agent, but the team signing them would have to give compensation. Assuming of course that the player was offered the max level ELC and turned it down. Would the Rangers still sign him if they had to give up a 1st round pick... yeah, maybe, but at least the other team isn't screwed.