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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
They don’t go against anti-competition labour laws because collective bargaining agreements are exempt due to the fact that the terms of the draft are negotiated and agreed upon by both the players and the league.
The current system is far better for small and mid-market teams like us than your proposed system would be. Don’t like players leaving after eligible to? Well, enjoy players never coming here in the first place.
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Players drafted into the NHL are required to join the NHLPA, and have no say in how the collective bargaining agreement is negotiated. The older players sold them out twenty years ago after the 2004-05 lockout.