[MrMastodonFarm]

Originally Posted by albertGQ

There's no way you can be sure that would've played out.
You can write a long post all you want but that doesn't mean that's what would have happened.
I think the Jackets were last at that time? Then the BJs lawyers would have gotten involved as well.
It doesn't matter how the Flames interpreted it. CBA clearly states if a player played in Europe once the NHL season starts and signs with an NHL team, then he would be subject to waivers. There is even precedent of that.
That's what happened to Nabokov, Svatos, Wellwood, etc.