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Originally Posted by wired
My opinion. If a drafted player refuses to report or play for the team that has drafted them, then the drafted player should not be eligible to play in the NHL.
Commit to two or three years with the team that drafted you, then move on if that's your desire. This type of thing needs to stop.
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I like it.
I also liked the idea someone posted earlier where the team that does end up signing the player has to give up some kind of compensation to the other team.
The CBA has all kinds of different free agency rules depending on specific situations, and one of them already require the other team to give up compensation for signing a player away. If the drafted player is offered the rookie max, make it count like a qualifying offer. If another team signs them, then they need to give something. I'd be fine if the original team didn't even have a right to match.