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Originally Posted by stemit14
His NTC would allow him to control where he finishes his career. Any time a player makes it public that the want to be traded, they end up getting traded within a year. If Gaudreau wants to finish his career with an east coast team, all he would have to do is announce that he wants to be traded. If he put his five team list to include teams Calgary would likely never trade to (Edmonton/Vancouver) and/or teams that would not be looking to add Gaudreau (teams that are rebuilding), he could force the team into trading him to basically one or two teams.
He gets his maximum payday while also getting to play where he wants to now (Calgary) and later (Philly/Boston/New Jersey)
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All true. But there’s no guarantee for him that his preferred team wants him, especially after a couple of relatively lean years. And they might decide to make him a crummy offer since he’s expressed his wishes.