Idea: Allow Playoff teams to sign non-playoff UFAs

[MMC]

When the season is over, before playoffs begin all impending UFAs of non playoff teams can be signed by any playoff team for the playoffs only.

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[Bear of Bad News]

It's not a good idea for the league.

 

[Makar Goes Fast]

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i dont like the idea

 

[izzy]

Not a fan..

 

[Ogelthorpe]

When the season is over, before playoffs begin all impending UFAs of non playoff teams can be signed by any playoff team for the playoffs only.

Horrible for non playoff teams who use those UFAs to build toward next year.

 

[The Noot]

And if one of them gets injured badly enough so that his career is over?

 

[MMC]

No, I'm saying for example Calgary misses the playoffs and a team needs a goalie. They can sign Ramo for the playoffs only

 

[WarriorofTime]

Terrible idea.

 

[XX]

No, I'm saying for example Calgary misses the playoffs and a team needs a goalie. They can sign Ramo for the playoffs only

So they get to rent Ramo for free? What does Calgary get out of that? Why have a trade deadline?

I would like to see trade exceptions in some form. Let small market teams get some value by trading them, let cap teams arm themselves for the playoffs more without having to dump roster players.

 

[jdatb]

What a terrible idea.

 

[AmericanDream]

wow that is crazy

 

[Mr Positive]

I love the idea in principle but hate it in practice.

The salary structure of the league is that players don't get anything extra for playoff games. It would be impossible to implement some kind of playoffs-only contract deals without changing the salary structure, and the NHLPA won't stand for that because it might imply that non playoff players will make less. Or, maybe free agent mercenaries suddenly get extra salary. How does that work with the cap?

One fix would be to have two free agency deadlines, one for non-playoff teams before the playoffs and one at the usual period. So technically, anyone signed at the pre-playoffs deadline would be in contract for the next season as well.

 

[FLpanthers16]

Brutal idea....

 

[Flyerss]

basically trade deadline becomes worthless.

 

[RJ8812*]

Silly idea

 

[Analyzer*]

Bad idea imo.

Why should we trade for your UFA's, when we can just sign them after your team misses the playoffs ?

 

[MMC]

Trade deadline can be used mainly for teams trying to get in

 

[Quarter]

This is easily the worst idea I've ever seen on this forum.

 

[tsanuri]

Trying to fix something that isn't broke. And in the process makes things much worse.

 

[MakeTheGoalsLarger]

that would make the NHL as funs as a monoploly board game

 

[Satastic]

I don't like it. At all.

 

[HarrisonFord]

Really bad. Gives playoff teams an inside track on UFA's in free agency, as they'll have played in the playoffs with that team, and make them want to stay with that team again. The non-playoff teams get dealt another disadvantage to signing UFA's in the offseason. And then there's the players on the playoff rosters that get replaced. Not fair to them either

 

[HockeyGuy1964]

Not sure if anybody mentioned it but, this is a terrible idea.

 

[UnrefinedCrude]

Wow it takes a really special idea to stand out as exceptionally bad after all these years on this forum.

 

[Fandlauer]

Probably one of the worst ideas I have ever seen on here. I like it.