NHL Changing Rights to Drafted Players?

[Brawndo]

Proposed change all players will have their rights maintained by the drafting team until 22 years of age 

Edited 15 hours ago by Brawndo

[dudacek]

Seems smart.

Now limit 18-year-olds to the first round.

[Taro T]

4 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Proposed change all players will have their rights maintained by the drafting team until 22 years of age 

 

So, now it's safe for Botterill to draft CHL players outside the top 10 selections?

[shrader]

Now the NCAA needs to let them stick around after signing. 

[Brawndo]

Other changes with new CBA 84 regular season games with less preseason ones starting 2026-27

Edited 14 hours ago by Brawndo

[LGR4GM]

19 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Other changes with new CBA 84 regular season games with less preseason ones starting 2026-27

NHL needs to stop. 84 games is 12 games too many.

[Taro T]

45 minutes ago, Brawndo said:

Other changes with new CBA 84 regular season games with less preseason ones starting 2026-27

Am OK with getting stuck with an extra RS game if we finally get rid of paying for a PS game.

Absolutely despise having to buy PS games.

 

And to those saying the season is too long already.  Yes, but this more or less doesn't change how many times players hit the ice.  It knocks 3 or 4 days off camp and adds 3 or 4 days to the actual season.

[DarthEbriate]

84 games? Now everybody's gonna be a 20-goal scorer!

[Taro T]

1 hour ago, Brawndo said:

Other changes with new CBA 84 regular season games with less preseason ones starting 2026-27

So is it fair to say the negoitations have been fairly cordial so far?  They REALLY need to have a regular negotiation that doesn't result in lost chunks of season for once.  Not counting the MOU negotiations which extended the life of the current CBA it has been a stupidly long time since that has happened.

[oddoublee]

2 hours ago, LGR4GM said:

NHL needs to stop. 84 games is 12 games too many.

You could argue it's 20+ too many

[gilbert11]

7 hours ago, oddoublee said:

You could argue it's 20+ too many

C’mon, they’re giving our Sabres 2 more chances to win enough games to qualify for the playoffs.