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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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I very much doubt that Daly gave that answer to TSN so lightly, but even if the NHL "has since slightly backed away from his statement," doesn't it strongly suggest that it is an issue that people had not thought through before? And therefore you can't blame a journalist for raising it. And it makes the claim that the Flames had discussed it with the NHL dubious.
If it was all made certain beforehand, we would not be having this conversation. There would not be conflicting stories, changing interpretations, and so on. Feaster would say they checked and the NHL would confirm that, end of story.
It's still a little strange how you admit that there's room for interpretation and say that the NHL seems to have "slightly" backed away from Daly's statement, all of which implies that there are many open questions, yet at the same time you think that with regard to Feaster, we should move on because there's nothing to see here. And at the same time you're adamant that the journalist should be held accountable for bringing up the issue that no one so far has been able to fully clarify.