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I'm not a big fan of the NTC/NMC either, but I understand why players want them. I find that it under minds the whole point of a salary cap which was brought in to help small market teams compete with the bigger market teams. You can't just out spend your opponent and buy a Cup. The problem is a lot of free agents still don't want to sign with small market teams and sometimes accept less money to sign with a big market team or a contender. Furthermore they insist on NTC/NMC which they use to avoid playing for these less fortunate teams as well. How are these small market teams supposed to get better if nobody wants to play for them? What's the point of even keeping them in the league if they are always going to be bottom feeders? Instead of banning NTC/NMC, the NHL could limit the number of NTC/NMC teams can hand out. A lot like how teams can only retain salary on 3 contracts. It would allow for more player movement, and better options for small market teams trying to improve. It would also force GMs to really think about who deserves a NTC/NMC and who doesn't.

Damn, broke my sarcasm meter detector right in two... Nice, 10 out of 10.