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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
According to this story in the Toronto Star, Darryl Sittler was the first NHL player to get an NTC in order to prevent him from playing in the WHA, and he explicitly gave up $200k for the NTC. Later, he also rejected $500k from the Red Wings who tried to entice him to waive. Nowadays, I don't think players actually leave anything on the table for a clause, it's just expected on top of everything else.
https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs...e8c688375.html
They certainly weren't common until after the 2004-2005 lockout. |
Thanks, though the Sittler one seemed more like a personal terms type thing (while obviously written into his contract) and more at the whim of crazy Harold Ballard who out of spite didn't want his star going across town to play for another league. Later, the fact that the Wings said publically that they were going to pay him $50k to have him break his clause to go to the Wings in a trade is just wild West stuff to how things operate today between owners, union, and the league.
I mean if Gretzky didn't have one (remember his contract signing at center ice in the early 80s) then it was far from common and no owner would write it into a contract.