deletethis
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The card Nashville has is the burn your ELC & play in the playoffs. Which would probably be the choice of Vessey, but will that out weigh a desire to play where he wants as a free agent. Then again maybe he wants to play in Nashville & all the speculation was for nothing.
I guess Nashville could potentially trade Vessey's rights if they can not get him signed prior to the end of the season. That way they could get a legit draft pick or prospect & Vessey could still burn his ELC. Is that a precedent they want to set? Or do they let him go with out the burn the ELC option but maybe get nothing or very little in return.
There's nothing illegal about trading him even now I understand. It's just that he wouldn't be eligible to play until next season with his new organization.
It seems to be win-win for him to sign with Nashville, burn off a year on a 2 year ELC (I think), possibly play in the NHL playoffs and become an RFA in the summer of 2017. Otherwise if he waits until the summer, it'll be the same contract and he won't be an RFA until 2018. You have to be really committed to avoiding the Nashville organization to go in that direction.