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Originally Posted by Parallex
... Why should they get RFA rights when they never had a contractual relationship?
Look, how about instead of further having to jackboot people to work for you... you just be an employer that doesn't have to force people to work for them against their will. If you think it's a shame that teams lose out on the draft asset when they refused to sign well... ok... but the solution to that is a conditional compensation pick after their rights expire. No one could reasonably object to that.
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Nobody ever talks about the other loophole, NHL teams do not have to sign CHL players (or any players). If the teams have an automatic right to the player surely that right is reciprocal and players should have an automatic right to the team and a contract with the team.