Get rid of the NMC

[JungleBeat]

Makes free agency and the trade deadline boring as hell. Seems like every team has a couple scrubs with NMCs.

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[KirkAlbuquerque]

Idk seems like there was a lot of action today

 

[Brodeur]

....that whole collective bargaining agreement thing. Not sure if the OP thinks the NHL could just unilaterally remove NMCs without the NHLPA getting involved.

Maybe the OP should approach a player and tell him "I get that uprooting your family on short notice is rough, but don't you understand that I need the entertainment?"

 

[dirtydanglez]

youd have to give up something like free agency at 24 to get the players to go for that.

 

[Strangle]

NMC are okay, but they’re supposed to cost the player in AAV for every year of NMC

That’s not happening, agents are taking the GM’s to school and it’s really ruining the league.

A NMC should take at least 10%-15% off the AAV

 

[Empoleon8771]

"Make players rights worse so I can have more fun watching trades"

NMC are okay, but they’re supposed to cost the player in AAV for every year of NMC

That’s not happening, agents are taking the GM’s to school and it’s really ruining the league.

A NMC should take at least 10%-15% off the AAV

Maybe GMs should stop being stupid if they don't want to keep getting "taken to school" by agents.

 

[LeBrun is a Clown]

You were bored today?

Ducks fan here, yes, extremely hahahahaha

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Sounds like you should be more mad at GMs that hand NMCs out like candy.

God forbid players exercise their contractural right, and basic human desire, to not want to completely uproot themselves on the whims of others, even recognizing that players are well-compensated.

 

[Emerica]

Get rid of GMs that hand them out like candy. Players are only going to get more leverage moving forward, better get used to it

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

At first I read that as MMC and I was like damn someone really hated how fast he was at posting everything.


NMC should be limited to per team perhaps ? Like retention slots you can only have x amount.

Teams that have like 5, 6, 7 etc... do you really want that many especially when gms don't make players take less to get it ?

 

[BLNY]

I'd be in favour of reducing it to a set number each team can have - say 2. Make it interesting.

 

[BB88]

Players have earned it

 

[Jumptheshark]

Makes free agency and the trade deadline boring as hell. Seems like every team has a couple scrubs with NMCs.

players will never give it up

 

[PeE eL DuBoiS]

NMC or NTC themselves aren't the problem. The problem is stupid GMs that give them out to everyone, including the jobbers, like they're candy.

 

[Matty Sundin]

Make it a limit how many teams can have. You’re asking for a lockout if you wanna get rid of it entirely.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Why should players give it up?

 

[Jared Dunn]

A limit makes no sense just like getting rid of it, it's not a competitive advantage for a team so there's really no good reason to limit it.

 

[Jeune Poulet]

There should be no NMCs, no NTCs, no guaranteed contracts and you should only get UFA status when you hit 30 years old.

 

[MXD]

There should be no NMCs, no NTCs, no guaranteed contracts and you should only get UFA status when you hit 30 years old.

Welcome back to the magnificent world of holdouts.

 

[Hasbro]

I’m sure the NHLPA and agents wouldn’t care.

 

[Rowlet]

The players union won't go for it unless there's a considerable increase in cap space or something.

 

[Lazlo Hollyfeld]

Sounds like you should be more mad at GMs that hand NMCs out like candy.

God forbid players exercise their contractural right, and basic human desire, to not want to completely uproot themselves on the whims of others, even recognizing that players are well-compensated.

I agree GM's do hand them out like candy but I think it's because with the cap, they don't have a lot of tools to lure a player from another team.

 

[Obvious Fabertism]

Location: Canada

 

[Drake1588]

Telling players to ditch the NMC is like telling owners to drop the salary cap. Once secured, they will never give up their prize in CBA negotiations.

GMs can certainly decline to offer them to secondary support players, as they do today, but NMCs are a fact of life for the stars.

 

[Sniper99]

Makes free agency and the trade deadline boring as hell. Seems like every team has a couple scrubs with NMCs.

Good luck with that, the players would never accept it in the next cba negotiations. Lost a season just to get a salary cap. How long do you see this going before the players say "duh yeah we agree, get rid of the NMC/NTC" ?