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Originally Posted by CaptainYooh
I always say it when I have a chance. The league owners did it to themselves. Make all contracts one-year and we will have the best hockey each and every season. To those who'd say "oh, but how do you secure the star players for your team's future", you don't. But the entropy of a closed system is constant. The superstars, stars and other players will be re-distributed and re-signed evenly around the league.
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While it is a simple answer that doesn't quite deal with the objections, neither players nor owners would want that system. Owners and players want some security - players to know how much they are making and where they are living and owners that they have the player for this amount of money moving forward. Constant negotiation of contracts would be interesting but not something either side is likely to engage.