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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
The only comparable I can come up with is when Chicago messed up on their key RFAs, forcing them to have to trade some guys they didn't want to. That blunder may have cost them a cup or two.
And if memory serves it pretty much did cost Tallon his job no?
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That's the first thing I thought of when the news came out this morning about the waiver issue.
You can't have someone running your club who doesn't understand the rules of the CBA. Saying they had a different interpretation of the rules just doesn't cut it. You can't guess on this stuff, you can't "interpret". You have to know and that's final. The Flames were within the skin of their teeth of losing a potentially very high 1st round pick, 3rd rounder and Ryan O'Reilly all in one fell swoop with nothing to show for it.
It seems to me right now the rest of the league is very likely looking at the people running this team and laughing. I don't know how they couldn't be at this point, it's a hugely embarrassing moment for the entire organization. Whether they narrowly survived this now is a moot point, there has to be some form of consequence for not even understanding the rules within which you are operating.