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Originally Posted by Sutter_in_law
because in this case they would drive the value of young players up with ROR essentially commanding 6.5M
also they would want to protect what ROR and his agent believed were his rights, Im fairly certain he didnt want to go to CLB and they would step in to defend him
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Do you think when the NHL and NHLPA drafted the CBA, they didn't agree on this issue and left it ambiguous on purpose for a day like this?
or do you think they both saw it the same way?
Because although the phrasing of the clause itself might be poor, the intent of the clause is very clear.
But then again as others have mentioned, if "club" means ALL NHL teams, by that logic, the rest of the CBA states that we also own the rights to every player in the league
If AVs didnt match, the Flames would lose their 1st and 3rd and lose out on ROR to waivers
It would take some time to sort through this mess with Feaster appealing
This appeal would fail however because then, the NHL would be setting an incorrect precedent because if this went through, Feaster might as well add Crosby, Malkin, Chara to our line up because we are "a club" in the NHL so we own his rights.
By that logic, we could fight that in court and win too.