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JiriHrdina · 03-19-2015, 06:53 PM

I think it will be interesting to see how different teams manage these changes.
Keep in mind there was a time in the CPHL where you could re-sign one pending UFA and the rest were free agents. No opportunity to get anything from that asset or keep it at all.
Under this rule you can still choose to re-sign the player and keep them, or re-sign them and trade them, or not re-sign them.

If I were a team facing this situation I would look at my pending UFAs and think about which ones have good 3 year value. I would then look at my RFA aged players and think about the return I could get for them coupled with the opportunity to keep my UFA.

This will likely change the type of player that hits UFA status for the open market, but I also think it could change the availability of other players. Specifically I would predict we see an increase the availability of more expensive RFA aged players.

I don't think anyone is being put in a bind where they can't extract value out of a player that should have value.

03-19-2015, 06:53 PM	#89
JiriHrdina I believe in the Pony Power Join Date: Jul 2003 Exp:	I think it will be interesting to see how different teams manage these changes. Keep in mind there was a time in the CPHL where you could re-sign one pending UFA and the rest were free agents. No opportunity to get anything from that asset or keep it at all. Under this rule you can still choose to re-sign the player and keep them, or re-sign them and trade them, or not re-sign them. If I were a team facing this situation I would look at my pending UFAs and think about which ones have good 3 year value. I would then look at my RFA aged players and think about the return I could get for them coupled with the opportunity to keep my UFA. This will likely change the type of player that hits UFA status for the open market, but I also think it could change the availability of other players. Specifically I would predict we see an increase the availability of more expensive RFA aged players. I don't think anyone is being put in a bind where they can't extract value out of a player that should have value.