The nuance that I think the clip was trying to get at, but got really sidetracked into simply ripping on Trotz for being a button pushing fool, is that a NTC deal gives the player leverage in any trade possibilities. It puts the team at a disadvantage because it can only talk to certain other teams. So the point is, Trotz is a participating fool and ceding his own authority to a player when he goes around saying one of his guys has an imaginary NTC.
ROR signed a team friendly deal. He's being paid like a pedestrian middle-6 guy, which is all he was going to be in Toronto. But he chose Nashville when they matched. And since we don't have any centers, he instantly became our 1C.
In the big picture, we should be focusing on the roadmap for how we become a competitive team in what is now 5 years or so. The "bump" ROR gives us, even on a team friendly deal, isn't going to change much the next 2 years after we got gutted.
The other way to look at it, the shorter path if you will, is that the new veteran guys just added should be sold. Now they actually do have NMCs, which is bad for the Preds and why you don't just hand them out to everyone, but they've already shown they're not a good fit here. You may have to eat some contract and, if they waive, they'll force Trotz to negotiate with a short list of buyers. That's all on him though. Every last bit of it. Which leads to him being the dumbest GM in the NHL. He's handcuffed himself to a roster that he built like he's playing PlayStation in his basement and instead of building for the future, he's just been quadrupling down on his mistakes. Bruno forever!
