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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
No, he would be on Colorado's Reserve List, and if his rights were traded to Calgary, would be on their reserve list.
The difference here is that he was signed as a free agent by the Calgary Flames. There may be some restrictions on the process, but this wasn't a trade or waiver claim and needs to be treated the same way. This was a free agent signing and is thus subject to the spirit of the rule (and in my opinion, the way it is written as muddy as it may be), which is to prevent teams from signing players playing in european leagues after regular season play has begun, exactly the case with O'Reilly.
O'Reilly in this instance is a 'true free agent' in that he is free to negotiate with any other team for any number of unique contracts. The Flames signed him as a free agent.
The only difference here is the league has a specific way of dealing with this particular type of free agent in terms of compensation. That's it.
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I disagree - he was on Colorado's Reserve List and would thus be subject to the provision referring to such players.
Whether that status remains once the Flames sign him to the offer sheet is the key issue, IMO (and obviously I believe it would)