With all the talk about no-move clauses and while CapFriendly is still a thing, I looked up all the players traded to the Sabres since the 2015 offseason who were eligible for trade protection (aka, guys not on ELCs). Here’s the results:
by OpabiniaGlasses
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Glad someone did the work.
I was trying to do similar to see who in the league is available, doesn’t have nmc/ntc and fits a top6 role but I don’t have time.
There are very few players with no protection in the league that would be quality T6 upgrades
Luckily it worked out for us that Berglund and Staal were still really excited to play here
The only 2 players to waive their no trade clause that were not from the area / played here, retired, or screwed over (Berglund and Staal) were Frolik and Simmonds who were completely washed.
Interesting. I guess we can just cite this when people say why would X move their no trade clause to come to Buffalo
In other words, players are willing to waive their no trade clauses to come to Buffalo.
If I were you, I’d also try picking a random Canadian team and a random US market.