Foxtail
Registered User
Exactly, the teams have total control on an RFA . Certain GMs cave to try and save their job I guess but the team has total control. If you don't want to play here then sit and think about the money you're losing lolBut if he sits out the entire season he will make $0 from the NHL.
That’s why I don’t understand why GM’s give in. Like yeah I realize these guys make the team better but in a season long game of chicken you’ll eventually see the player give in unlike what Dubas did with Nylander last year.
Rantanen and Marner can threaten to play in Norway all they want but at the end of the day they aren’t going to hold out all year and make $0 or $300,000ish if they play overseas just so that they can get an extra couple of hundred grand a year when it results in them losing out on 9-10M in year one. It completely defeats the purpose of the holdout.
If these guys were serious about holding out they’d be threatening to sign KHL contracts where there’s real money involved. Skating with teams in Switzerland and Norway only makes GM’s happy that they’re staying in game shape. They aren’t scaring anyone.