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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher
In what world do you think the NHL would have allowed COL to take our 1st and 3rd rounder and have FLA or CLB or whoever end up with O'Reilly? Do people seriously think they would have ruled that way? Total PR disaster all around. CGY would be mad. Every team higher on the waiver wire than the bottom team would be mad. They would have claimed something about the "spirit of the rule" or the MoU being worded slightly poorly and awarded O'Reilly to us.
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The NHL doesn't exactly mind referring to exact wording - see how they handled the McAmmond situation even though it was pretty clear it was not violating the "spirit of the rule."