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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
I'll stress this again: if the rule is read the other way, being an RFA is worthless to O'Reilly. Free agency status has to have some value to players, and that value comes from their ability to entertain offers from other teams, subject only to the restrictions attaching to their status under the CBA. A rule that had the effect that an RFA could not exercise any leverage over their team would likely not have been acceptable to Don Fehr and the NHLPA.
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That is the whole crux of the issue, what did the league and PA intend for RFAs that played in europe after the season started? and did they capture what they intended with the proper language in the CBA and MOU.