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Originally Posted by Joborule
It's incredibly reckless and dangerous to go through with that without simply touching base with the NHL still. Let's say that Avs didn't match and the process had to go through, the court case decision would take a while to get done. Therefore the Flames still wouldn't have ROR and their picks would be gone while this is in limbo.
It just wasn't worth the risk to get into a very messy situation. It was stupid and quite simply a fireable offense from him. I can't trust him to make good or wise decisions going further.
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Exactly. And that's not "forks and pitchforks" as people making assumptions about his knowledge or the rule or state of mind entering this offer sheet process, are now accusing of.
He's taking a serious risk with what Flames assets was on the line, in a not so "open and shut" case, that would've gone probably at best to arbitration.
Additionally, is dragging the organization into that fight with the NHL worth the time and energy, to hold this situation up pick a fight the principal of the NHL? The offer sheet is sticking the neck out enough as a bold move. Taking it further to battle the NHL(or NHLPA, or both) on a principal or interpretation of wording on top of that, seems more then excessive, again given what was on the line for the Flames organization as a whole. if they lost.