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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
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EDIT: Also, that is the point. Teams should not have to asses the risk of a college player bolting on them. There is already enough risk in the draft when choosing players. You should be able to draft the player you believe will be the best pick in the long run and not have to factor in crap like them running to a preferred team. Especially when the preferred team is usually just a handful of certain teams in the league who now have an unfair advantage over the rest of the teams which undermines the draft entirely.
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What you are suggesting is that players have to sign with the team that drafted them period.
There is likely legal problems with that concept, which if why the NHL agreed to the current system.