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Originally Posted by blankall
They had his RFA rights. However, when the Avs matched the offer sheet, he ceased to be an RFA in the exact same way he would have ceased to be an RFA for the Flames (should you chose that interpretation). If the NHL is going to take that position, they should now apply it to the Avs.
Daly is acting totally inappropriately in making statements to the press about an unresolved legal issue. Flames management should consider a law suit. Daly is no way the be all and end all in interpreting this document. He's one of several parties invovled. He has no more authority to interpret the document than Feaster does.
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The rule is that a team may sign any player on its reserve list and RFA list without putting him through waivers. O'Reilly was on the Avs' reserve list, not ours. A player doesn't get added to a team's reserve list until they own his rights, and the Flames wouldn't have owned his rights until the Avs gave them up.
Therefore, the Avs can sign the contract with O'Reilly and not waive him, whereas the Flames would've had to do so in order for him to play this season. Simple matter.