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Because of the NHL-IIHF transfer agreement, the NHL can take pretty much whoever they want. The consensus values are (roughly) NHL-equivalent, so they should be a good indication of how valuable the player is to the NHL - but if a team needs someone in a specific role or at a specific salary level, they may take someone who appears to have a fairly low rating. The safest thing to do, if you don't want to have NHL teams taking your players as often, would be to wait a little later into the season (preferably after the NHL preseason begins) before signing players who may get NHL interest. Once they've filled out their rosters for the upcoming season, you can look over the remaining players without having to worry as much about them leaving (although it's still a risk for the better ones.)
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