I don't think you can make a fair comparison of other GM's "not knowing" of the ROR situation.
Only GM's that were considering making an offer sheet would have had a need to check the fine print on O'Reillys waiver issues, and offer sheets are very rare. Most propably every other GM in the league abandoned the idea of throwing that offer sheet to O'Reilly well before it got down to issues of legalese. Especially since the only effect of O'Reilly now playing for the Avs was very much expected.
It was a dumb offer sheet even without the potential waiver disaster.
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