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Originally Posted by Split98
There's 30 pages here, and so far I haven't seen anyone give Feaster the benefit of the doubt.
We were all confused about his $1M salary this year with the $2.5M signing bonus and salary ramping up next year. How is no one considering that part of the agreement with ROR was that he stayed in the A this year and played up next year? (And sorry if I missed someone else bringing this up)
Seems pretty likely. A $1M salary (he won't receive anyway) has a low cap impact for the team, and the $2.5M compensates what he would have made this year playing for the Flames if there wasn't this waivers issue.
IMO, Feaster knew all about it, and ROR was perfectly happy to skip this season and join the Flames next season.
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1. Feaster has come right out and said he interpreted the rule differently than the NHL's interpretation.
2. You can't just have a player "sit out". If Colorado didn't match, O'Reilly would have gone straight to waivers regardless of Calgary's plan for him.