[djsFlames]

You're referencing a player that hasn't played in the league in years.

I think those cases are few and far between. If TOR didn't have an alternate trade floating in the wings, Kadri probably ends up here anyways, even if it took a day for him to digest it first.

Players learn to keep their heads down and accept their destinations, even if they aren't particularly fond of them. It's part of learning to be a pro in this business.

The players that put their foot down and force their team's hand are probably the 5% most hardlining personalities. Most players don't fall into that category.

You don't hear of every second or third trade destination being diverted by the player with or without an NTC. It's a 1 in 10 trades or fewer type of circumstance.

Countless recollections of former players on their careers do you hear "it's the nature of the business, you go where you're told"

You rarely hear about GMs being super flexible and accommodating and keeping the player in on proceedings (unless the rare case where you're a long time vet or franchise star). The players would just get the call and start packing their bags.

Even in the case of Iggy, he didn't have a lot of knowledge on the going ons. There were a couple of calls, and in the end the team was kind enough to extend him an offer of two destinations.

If this has drastically changed at some point then it's news to me, and it would be a pretty huge alteration in the way the NHL conducts itself if all walks of players had that kind of veto power behind the scenes.