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Originally Posted by Weitz
If you’re the NHL owners and teams, what are you giving the players to close this “loophole”?
Probably nothing because it’s not a concern to them?
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I think you are probably right.
When I at first thought about this my first reaction was, "Why would current NHLPA members care about the rights and freedoms of players who have not yet even been drafted?" But then, this fails to account for the most important point of any discussion surrounding the CBA: EVERYTHING that the owners want is a bargaining chip. If this is something the NHL felt strongly about, you damn well better believe that the player's union will milk it to extract as much value as possible from it in the form of concessions.