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Dont go there. I kid. Its not really a debate. Hot dogs are definitely not sandwiches. And anyone who says otherwise is stupid.

As long as he has his walnuts he may be ok

NTC clauses usually come with exceptions anyway. Theyre usually performance based or only partial. If a player can list teams he WONT go to, its usually the bad teams who need to rebuild that arent intetested in acquiring him in the first place. The good teams who are looking to add players usually arent the ones that the player would block. The whole argument is WAY overblown. People make way too big of a deal about them.

According to Helms NTC, starting in 2018-19 season, it can be voided between June 15, 2019 and trade deadlinbe 2020, because the Wings already failed to qualify for playoffs.

You know when you have DK as your number 1 pair defensemen, your defense sucks.

Yes.

Don’t get me started.

I was really pleased with DeKeyser in that final stretch. He played hard minutes, he put up points (with no power play time), and he seemed to gel with Hronek. I actually have DeKeyser-Hronek down as my preferred top pairing for the beginning of next season. As I've said, if he's playing like that all of the time, his contract isn't a problem. Even when he's not 100% on his game, we don't really have someone who can adequately fill his shutdown role. Abby...oof. He's a bottom-six roleplayer who can be a serviceable top-six complementary winger when there aren't any better options. He's slowing down. He's dealt with some significant injuries in recent seasons. He can't produce offense on his own. Right now, I like DeKeyser way more than I like Abby. But then, I'd pretty much given up on DeKeyser before he went on that nice run to close out the season. So maybe Abby surprises me next season.