NHL free agent day staying the same
via TSN:
Canada Day will remain NHL Free Agent Day.
That’s because the NHL Players’ Association has turned thumbs down on an NHL request to move the beginning of free agency from July 1 to July 7. The league had wanted a switch to avoid conflicts with both the Canada Day holiday in Canada as well as Independence Day (July 4) in the United States.
But the NHLPA feels moving the free-agency period will create a negative ripple effect on other key dates.
“When you move the free agency date, even by six days, it impacts other marketplace dates and has the potential to prejudice certain players who are actively in the contract signing/arbitration window,” NHLPA executive director Paul Kelly told TSN. “After consulting with various players and agents, it was not even a close call.”
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