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Just Say No
by Alanah McGinley on 02/20/08 at 02:07 PM ET
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From Elliotte Friedman at CBC,
None of the general managers agreeing to these no-trade or no-move clauses are doing so under penalty of death. And the idea that the sudden explosion of said causes is single-handedly killing the trade market is a joke. Trades aren’t happening because the NHL’s system creates paralysis. Yes, the no-trades are a part of that, but there are plenty of other issues. The NBA, for example, has all kinds of exceptions to allow manouverability that the NHL doesn’t.
Now, we’re talking about taking away no-trade clauses in the next CBA. How about doing what we tell our children: “Just say no.”
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Simple solution, make it an automatic cost of $500,000 against the cap to be paid by the team to the player if he waives his NTC. The player gets something and the team gets charged for cutting the deal in the first place. This way the onus is shared by the team and the player.
Right now the GMs are playing with house money, see if they give out NTCs so freely and if they are willing to put their money where their mouths are instead of asking a player to provide a free give back from his contract.
Posted by Hockey1919 from Montreal on 02/20/08 at 05:23 PM ET