"As GM, you agree to these provisions at your own peril – and we all have done so."

Former Lightning GM Jay Feaster on No Trade/Movement Clauses (spoiler alert: He's not a fan).

over 2 years ago Bald Pollack 6 comments 0 recs |

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It’s a difficult spot because it’s something of value that teams can offer without spending a dime… but I guess that last part becomes somewhat arguable, doesn’t it?

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by J.P. on Sep 10, 2009 8:23 AM EDT reply actions

Well, not knowing who else has them (related: 150?!? Holy crap!), my first impulse is to think that GMs were using it similar to what Feaster was doing; now that most GMs have got living in a cap-enforced reality down, they may be hesitant to toss it around so liberally in the future.

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by Bald Pollack on Sep 10, 2009 8:34 AM EDT up reply actions

I wouldn’t be surprised to start seeing more limited no-trade/movement clauses. When a guy gets into his thirties and has a wife and kids to think about uprooting he’s probably going to want some security, but you’re right GMs are probably more hesitant to throw them out now than they used to be. Ergo, a happy medium.

by David Getz on Sep 10, 2009 9:23 AM EDT up reply actions

But at the same time, like I mentioned above, these are “no cost” ways of increasing contract value, so for a team at the cap that can’t offer a few more bucks, they can offer an NMC. For a team without much money who wants to compete for a UFA, they can up their offer with an NMC. They’re awfully tempting for a GM to use, obviously.

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by J.P. on Sep 10, 2009 9:50 AM EDT up reply actions

(Here’s a list of players with NMC/NTC, supposedly current and correct as of 3/2/09)

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by J.P. on Sep 10, 2009 9:59 AM EDT up reply actions

Without very little actual, you know, work, it looks like a good portion of those are more formalities, and the number of contractual albatrosses relative to that team’s cap health don’t appear to be as many as I presumed.

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by Bald Pollack on Sep 10, 2009 10:18 AM EDT up reply actions

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