from the CP at TSN,

At least one prominent player agent thinks the NHL's six-day free agency interview period is a waste of time.

"I just don't find it productive at all," said J.P. Barry, who represents pending free agents Andrew Ladd and Loui Eriksson. "It's become like maybe a bit of a temporary beauty contest. It doesn't necessarily predict what's going to happen going forward."

Since 2013, the NHL has allowed teams and players entering unrestricted free agency to interact freely over a six-day period ahead of July 1. It's a concept the NHL Players' Association proposed to help both sides in free agency, where big money is doled out by clubs and big, life-changing decisions are made by players.

Barry would rather it disappear, believing it to be an unconstructive charade that only complicates the process.

Dallas Stars general manager Jim Nill was also lukewarm on the subject, believing it effective only on a case by case basis.

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