Report: NHL teams will soon have to pay for poaching other team's staff

On Tuesday, ESPN's Pierre LeBrun reported that standard compensation will come into play during the off-season for NHL teams that poach staff from oppositions. 

"It's going to come into play here in this offseason," said LeBrun. "The board of governors voted it in last June, but they didn't quite have the language to set-up as to how it would work.

"If it's an off-season hire for either a president of hockey operations, a GM or a head coach, it's a third-round pick that goes the other way for a guy that's under contract."

LeBrun made sure to differentiate between in-season and off-season scenarios, as compensation will change based on when a person decides to change franchises.

"If it's an in-season hire, it's a second-round pick, so you would think most teams would wait," continued LeBrun. "Now for a coach, the season ends as soon as his season ends. For a GM or president of hockey operations, the draft is the cut off line for in-season, off-season, so we're back to the old days of compensating teams for stealing people."

Examples of executives leaving their teams for other franchises include Peter Chiarelli leaving his role as assistant general manager of the Ottawa Senators to take a role as general manager of the Boston Bruins in 2006. 

"Kenny Holland (of the Detroit Red Wings) was a big force behind this. He lost Steve Yzerman and Jim Nill for nothing."