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Originally Posted by MattyC
Verbal commitment or not, I'm not sure that something like that would be binding. I'd like to see Knight on the team, but if the Flames are giving out roster spots based on verbal commitments they are already going against their mantra of having the players who earn it playing.
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No, it wouldn't be binding not in a legal sense. But it would behoove any team to be a promise keeper... wouldn't want to get the rep of a franchise that reneges on promises as it would make signing future NCAA free agents (or free agents in general) more difficult. I don't see it as being against any mantra to give someone a spot initially... I'm pretty sure no team would commit to keeping a guy up no matter what but guarenteeing a 10game intial trial in a rebuilding year? Sure, I'd do that if it means the difference between getting a guy I really want to put pen to paper.