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Old 03-03-2013, 11:20 AM   #1645
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Originally Posted by Enoch Root View Post
All Players on a Club’s Reserve List and Restricted Free Agent List will be exempt from the application of CBA 13.23 Waivers in the case of a mid-season signing. For further clarity, if Club A trades such a Player to Club B and Club B signs the Player to an SPC, such Player will be exempt from the application of CBA 13.23

'All players on a club's reserve list' to me refers to a specific team, IMO (i.e. Colorado, in this case).
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Originally Posted by VladtheImpaler View Post
I read the clause, and it's not well written, leaving it open to interpretation. Based on the original sentence and then the trade example/clarification, it sounds like the player is exempt if he is signed by the team on whose reserve list he is. Hence, the exemption following the player to team B in case of a trade.
The trade clarification actually makes it more likely that Feaster was wrong because why would they bother to clarify that the exemption would follow the player with a trade? If the player was exempt in case of signing by 'any' team, the trade clarification is irrelevant.
Therefore, there is a very good chance that Feaster was wrong... and should therefore be fired for risking 2 picks on a "hunch"...
I ain't no lawyer, but the official wording from the NHL CBA doesn't seem that difficult to grasp when they include the "trade player from A to B" line. It seems pretty implied that if the Flames traded for ROR, then they have the RFA rights over him so wouldn't have to worry about the mid-season wavier issue since he is Flames property.

I'm surprised so many people seemed confused by what's written. The first sentence could've been done much better with it being more direct and straightforward, but seems to outline the rules pretty clearly. If the trade part was absent, then it would make sense since it would be extremely ambiguous at that point.

Feaster as a lawyer should've caught on this, or at the very least clarify with the NHL prior to make this move. Really inexcusable when he could've avoided this messy situation that thankfully didn't muster into anything.
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