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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
McKenzie was relying on Johnston having done his job. Daly offered an off-the-cuff comment without knowing that O'Reilly had played overseas, and it's entirely possible that he didn't check the text of the rules before answering. Keep in mind two things: the CBA is nearly 500 pages long, and under the old CBA the rules would clearly have meant O'Reilly had to pass through waivers.
So yes: Johnston needs to do his job, and should have made sure that the NHL agreed with his interpretation AFTER it became clear that it applied to O'Reilly. The fact that the NHL has since backed away slightly from his statement indicates Daly should probably be more careful too.
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The NHL has not backed away from this and i don't know why you keep saying it.
The NHL's OFFICIAL POSITION is that Ryan O'Reilly would have had to go through waivers if the Colorado Avalanche did not match Calgary's offer sheet.
That was their opinion weeks ago, it's was their opinion thursday morning, thursday afternoon and thursday night, was re-iterated to the Flames the following morning and as of writing this message, has not been redacted or contradicted in any way.