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Originally Posted by polak
One thing everyone is missing is that this was a rule regardless of the exemption factor. All the Flames could have argued was that the Avalanche have to put him through waivers as well (which I think is ridiculous but whatever).
Regardless of the interpretation of the exemption, the Flames would have lost ROR to waivers and given Colorado their 1st and 3rd round picks.
No interpretation can change that.
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Yes it can. The rule is written that the player is exempt if he is on
a clubs RFA list. It does not say the current club or his club's list. So it can be interpreted differently. This would have been a lawyer battle for sure and it would have come down to how a judge interpreted it, not the NHL, the NHLPA, or the Flames.