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Originally Posted by GirlySports
NTCs and MTCs are given away too freely by GMs to cut costs due to salary cap. Then they get handcuffed later on. I feel like half the players in the league have one. MLB has the 5-10 rule so that's not even a negotiation.
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None of the other professional North American leagues come close to the NHL when it comes to the liberal use of trade protection clauses. The NHL should have reeled it in a lot sooner, because it is probably beyond the point of no return.
Kypreos had an interesting comment saying that the NBA caters to the fans, and the NHL caters to the players.