I wonder if teams/players are able to be more creative in designing their NTCs. For instance, I'd prefer the following over a ~16 team NTC:
5 Team No Trade List effective May 1 - August 15 every year
5 Team Trade List effective the rest of the year.
(could maybe also add a ~16 team list from say Feb 15-May 1)
Want me to uproot my life? Fine, as long as I have at least a few weeks before training camp to get my family settled.
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Originally Posted by Cycling76er
Personal opinion; when the lowest paid person in the NHL makes more in one year then most people make in 10 years, they should be a little more open to being moved around. "It's part of the business" is a commonly used phrase by GMs and players alike.
I wouldn't take a 100k/yr job somewhere that I didn't want to live. But a 750k/yr job? I would give that some thought.
That being said, I don't think it unreasonable to allow a 3 team, pre-determined NTC. It should only be allowed to be submitted once at the onset of a contract. You didn't put the Pittsburgh Penguins on your list and now they look to be in the dumps for the next 10 years? Tough. You can be traded there.
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Of course you would. Because you are an Average Joe, and not at the top 1% of your profession. What if you could choose between:
$750k and absolutely no control of your location - it can change anytime/anywhere
$600k and you can choose ~10 places you might have to be
$500k and near total control of you location
It's all going to depend on your life circumstances. SINK or DINK? Take the $$.. School aged kids? Then stability becomes a lot more appealing.
There's always tradeoffs. Building/patching big holes through trade/UFA is rarely an effective long-term plan. They are tools to put the finishing touches on your team.
Does CGY land either Markstrom or Coleman if they can't offer them more security? I'm not sure a NTC free league would work nearly as well as people think.