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Originally Posted by TurnedTheCorner
That kind of further restricts the ability of a restricted free agent to move.
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Not really. If an RFA wants to be open to offer sheets after the start of the regular season, he simply needs to not play in Europe which is what unsigned RFAs had to do for the entirety of the last CBA (and maybe even since the 1995 one, I don't have that one on hand) if they wanted to avoid being waiver eligible for that season.
That's why I found the confusion around the issue (particularly from O'Reilly's camp and the Avs) kind of odd. Even if they didn't know about the new rule, you'd think they'd have understood the existing rule that any RFA that plays in Europe after the start of the NHL regular season needs to clear waivers after being signed.