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Originally Posted by The Cobra
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.
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There shouldn't be any legal problem with making players ineligible to sign with any other NHL team before they are eligible to be free agents based on age. They are free to sign with other leagues if they choose to not sign with the team that drafted them, and they are free to not sign with any team if they so choose, so nobody is forcing them to sign with the team that drafted them; it is just no longer advantageous to them to refuse to sign.