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[ACC1224]

Maybe a NTC should have a clause where it can’t be waived, perhaps that would make it less appealing to the player? Personally I think they handcuff the team’s abilities to conduct business and should be removed from the collective agreement………..

I don't follow. If they don't want the player to waive it they won't ask him to.

 

[Stephen]

Wouldn’t Geno, Letang, and Guentzel have NTC’s or does this only happen with the Leafs?

I think more people will be looking for the exit when they realize the party’s over.

 

[rumman]

I don't follow. If they don't want the player to waive it they won't ask him to.

My point was having the ability to move to another team works both ways, a player might not want to stay with a team for the term of his contract for whatever reason. I worked for Hydro for 30 years and believe me if I had to stay in any one department wouldn’t have worked out well for me, the freedom of moving to another department worked out well for me both mentally and professionally. Not sure how to explain it better, or perhaps I don’t know what I’m talking about………

I think more people will be looking for the exit when they realize the party’s over.

That’s my point if you sign a NTC/NMC you shouldn’t be able to abandon the team you signed with……..

 

[hotpaws]

even if Letang waived no one's trading for him , he's 36 , has regressed and has 4 more years at 6.1m per

Guentzel's a ufa so either they move him now or he walks for nothing

 

[DarkKnight]

I wouldn't say it was a "bad" trade as they gave up basically nothing, but it was a bad contract to take on in their current situation.

The money was the trade, you don’t parse that out, they were never giving up much for that boat anchor cap hit.

 

[SprDaVE]

 

[SprDaVE]

 

[hotpaws]

I wouldn't say it was a "bad" trade as they gave up basically nothing, but it was a bad contract to take on in their current situation.

i wouldn't call potentially giving up a top 10 pick nothing

 

[TheTotalPackage]

And this is the first shoe to drop with the massive push on sports betting. Just as I speculated and was wary about -- it was only a matter of time where it crept into the players themselves.

EDIT: I assume it is hockey related. Don't see a reason why betting on the NFL for example would be worthy of a suspension.

 

[ACC1224]

My point was having the ability to move to another team works both ways, a player might not want to stay with a team for the term of his contract for whatever reason. I worked for Hydro for 30 years and believe me if I had to stay in any one department wouldn’t have worked out well for me, the freedom of moving to another department worked out well for me both mentally and professionally. Not sure how to explain it better, or perhaps I don’t know what I’m talking about………


That’s my point if you sign a NTC/NMC you shouldn’t be able to abandon the team you signed with……..

Players can demand a trade, happens every year.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

I wouldn't say it was a "bad" trade as they gave up basically nothing, but it was a bad contract to take on in their current situation.

The players are fluff, but a 1st round pick this year (don't think it is lottery protected), a 2nd next year and valuable cap space is a steep price for a team whose core is vastly aged in NHL terms and has a poor prospect pool. It's a recipe to set the team back further than it needs to be.

 

[Peasy]

This whole Pinto situation lmao. What a circus.

 

[SprDaVE]

i wouldn't call potentially giving up a top 10 pick nothing

The players are fluff, but a 1st round pick this year (don't think it is lottery protected), a 2nd next year and valuable cap space is a steep price for a team whose core is vastly aged in NHL terms and has a poor prospect pool. It's a recipe to set the team back further than it needs to be.

It's top 10 protected for the upcoming draft.

 

[TheTotalPackage]

It's top 10 protected.

Thanks for clarifying. So it'd push to a 2025 1st then, when the team could be even worse? No 1st or 2nd in that draft potentially. Ouch.

 

[rumman]

Players can demand a trade, happens every year.

Demand a trade wouldn’t be allowed under the scenario I was describing, for either player or team……..

 

[ACC1224]

Demand a trade wouldn’t be allowed under the scenario I was describing, for either player or team……..

Can't see why anyone would want that, probably why it's never been part of the CBA.

 

[SprDaVE]

Sheesh that must have been a lot of gambling

 

[ACC1224]

Sheesh that must have been a lot of gambling

Must have bet on hockey, what a dumbass.

 

[Phion Keneuf]

Pinto

 

[rumman]

Can't see why anyone would want that, probably why it's never been part of the CBA.

Roger that, but we started with how NTC/NMC handcuff the teams, I’m sure the teams would be happy to get rid of movement clauses, and players might not want said clauses because if binding they’d (clauses) restrict the players movement. At least that’s what I was trying to say, apparently not very well, the NHLPA isn’t really a union anyways so having binding rule is probably a foreign concept……..

 

[VanW27]

Must have bet on hockey, what a dumbass.

According to Friedman he didn't bet on NHL games. Not sure what it would be besides that, maybe lower level (minors, junior), or something NHL related but not an actual game result, like who would win an award or something.

Or if you want to put your conspiracy theory hat on, Ottawa's new owner has some pull and just got Bettman to force an unsigned player to take his QO..

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

The NHL makes up so much shit as they go along.

 

[SprDaVE]

 

[Madap]

He didn’t even bet on NHL games apparently.

I really don’t care about the senators or pinto at all, but this league really is a joke. They just have absolutely no clue.

 

[Jimmy Firecracker]

Vague as all hell.