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Originally Posted by browna
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.
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Yeah, I personally never heard of movement or trade clauses in the NHL until after the 2004-2005 lockout. If they existed before then other than the Darryl Sittler thing, they couldn't have been common and may not have been public knowledge.