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Originally Posted by albertGQ
You're right. No one knows 100% for sure how it would've eventually played out. And as a Flames fan, I'm glad we didn't have to find out
But I think I'd be more inclined to believe Bill Daly's interpretation of the rule over Jay Feaster's.
http://www.tsn.ca/nhl/story/?id=417108 |
You're right that the league's interpretation was different - I don't think that's in question. Feaster said it himself in his statement afterwards that the Flames interpretation was different from the that of the NHL.
But if the language of the rule is not precise then I don't think it matters what the NHL's intention was, only what the wording allows, and I think the Flames had a strong case to argue. Ideally not something you want decided in a courtroom or on an arbitrators desk, however.
Regardless, Colorado matched and the Flames took Monahan. I couldn't be happier with how the whole saga turned out.