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Originally Posted by blender
This antiquated notion (not saying you specifically) that players should be loyal to the team that drafted them is lame.
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Is it antiquated? I mean, was there ever a time when it was a justified idea? I think not.
It's been this way as long as there has been professional hockey. In the early days, teams used to sign players to one-year contracts with no reserve clause or draft. Sometimes a team would have to recruit a whole new roster because all their players left over the summer.
Fans are loyal to ‘their’ teams, and it pleases them to imagine that the players are, too. But that loyalty is far more about PR than reality.