bleedblue1223
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- Jan 21, 2011
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Yeah, don't disagree. You make a good point about the rental market.I get what your saying. FWIW I hate the contract system in the NFL and I hate the franchise tag.
I just hate the argument of compensation picks for UFAs. The NHL already has compensation picks. That's essentially what differentiates RFAs to UFAs (compensation picks + the right of first refusal). At some point, players need to have complete freedom to be employed where they want to be employed. I don't think it is at all unreasonable for Petro to say "you drafted me 12 years ago and including playoffs I gave you 841 games of service under contracts signed while you had complete control of my employment future."
The Blues got plenty of value from our 4th overall pick in 2008. If we part ways after this season, there is no need for the league to give us another draft pick because we weren't willing to offer Petro terms good enough for him to stay. That devalues 2nd round picks by sandwiching a number of "extra" picks at the end of the 1st round and it even further stifles the trade market by rewarding teams for holding on to players on expiring deals instead of trading them. Why trade a rental for a 1st when you can get a 1st simply by letting them walk? I doubt the Stastny or Shatty trades happen if we would have gotten a compensatory 1st at the end of the year by letting them walk.
It tends to be an argument for low-revenue clubs, but they also benefit from revenue sharing.
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