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Originally Posted by Castleview
When there is a rival league in operation to the NHL (e.g. WHA in the 70's) , does it make any difference to a players likelihood of signing with a team in the rival league, if his rights are owned by a team in the league, versus if his rights for the league are set to 'free' ?
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Teams will be a little more likely to purse a player they own the rights to, but that's probably more than offset by all the teams in the league being able to make an offer, even in the years where the league is small.