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Originally Posted by Jiri Hrdina
There is going to be more of this not less
Players are going to push for earlier and more flexible free agency
Look to the nba for what the future looks like
It will get a lot more attention though when matthews walks from the leafs
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I dont think they're going to get it, but it might not be a bad idea.
Realistically the players have been squeezed hard by the CBA where teams have cost-control over players for a pretty good chunk of their careers, which works out okay.
Where this fails though is that when the players are finally UFA and in control of their own destiny and want to sign that last big contract they're usually getting pretty old.
So now these guys are getting paid the Lion's share of their career money in the tail-end of their careers when their production is actually declining.
It might make more sense to actually get these players to UFA sooner, earlier in their careers and then tailor contracts for the late 20s and early 30s to be shorter and more easily bought out without huge cap penalties.
Good for teams, good for players and probably good for the League and PA overall.