Restrictions on NTC/NMC may be needed for the sake of the economics of the game, but my initial reaction to something like this is always to resist.
It seems odd we need NHL mandated rules to protect team GM's (i.e. those who represent the owners in salary negotiations with the league player employees) from themselves.
Reducing options to include in contract negotiations simply because the NHL negotiators are incompetent is why my first reaction to something like this is always to resist. Less flexibility means less "fun" in contracts for a fan. I don't know, maybe a weird view.
That said.. the salary cap follows the same logic. Although, I don't know how much of a success it truly is with the NHL claw back payments, someone else can comment on that. Appears on the surface to me almost like a shell game.
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