Ok, so if it is a cost thing, I can understand that. I always kind of assumed that the spectacle made money with TV ads and indirectly through creating attention for the NHL, but if that is not the case, I get it I guess.
As for teams overhearing inside information from other teams, I guess that makes sense. It seems like there could be work arounds to that though.
The timing thing though, about the draft being too close to free agency... is there a reason why the draft has to be at the end of June? They could spread it out and have it in like the 3rd week of July or something. It would probably help keep fans buzzing a little more through the dog days of summer. It would probably also help facilitate trades as teams that missed out on free agent and teams that need to clear cap because of signing free agents, would have a better idea of where they stand.
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