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Originally Posted by Textcritic
It can be a bad thing if the player is indeed motivated to be moved, but ends up playing out the season with no playoffs if the team is unable to find a palatable return. It can be a bad thing if he ends up being moved to a team on his list that he does not actually want to play for in the first place. How can it be a bad thing to simply provide a list of five teams he would like to play for?
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It's never a bad thing. Never. If he's motivated to move, he can let the Flames know that fact, and they can explore a trade. But to the extent that he wants to decide where he can be moved to, he has that option.
If he provided a list of 5 teams that have no interest in paying a bunch of futures for a rental, it effectively gives him complete no trade protection.
If he puts his 5 most desirable places, he doesn't get to choose. Plus those 5 could change dramatically over the season. Why wouldn't a player rather have complete control over where they could be trade too?
Otherwise, why wouldn't players negotiate a 5 Can be Traded to List instead of a complete NTC? The answer is obvious a complete NTC is better in all circumstances. Johnny can always, if he wants, expand the list at any time to include desirable teams.