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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I think a situation where the drafting team gets compensated by the signing team makes sense.
If you draft a player in the first round who decides not to sign with you (and you’ve offered them at a minimum a standard ELC), then the team that does sign them has to send an equivalent draft pick as compensation (in the next two or three drafts, let’s say).
So, the player is welcome to decline an ELC and hit free agency, but the team that signs him has to be willing to replace the draft pick. Drafted in the first? Send over a first. The drafting team retains the rights to the player so long as they have a contract offer on the table.
It wouldn’t be perfect as you might draft a guy at 14 and get a pick at 27 as compensation, but better than nothing.
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It's hard to find a solution that doesn't have cracks in it, but this one seems disastrous to me. The only players that would do this would be the really good ones that have a higher chance of success, and you just know it would be a select group of the usual teams who would benefit from it every time it happened.
There won't be any future American superstars refusing to sign with NYR/BOS/CHI/SUNBELT TEAM and choosing to sign with CGY/WIN/OTT/ETC..
Sign your damn ELC and put your time in with the team that drafted you, build your value and then if you still want to leave then they can trade you when you actually have proven NHL value and can return the team that drafted you an equally aged/valued player or multiple picks/prospects.