The ROR situation was definately a mistake. But who here had heard of that rule before it happened? Giving an offer sheet to an RFA hold-out is a rare situation as it is, having an obscure waiver rule bite you could happen to a lot of GMs in the NHL right now.
Not saying Feaster should've done it, but I can see how the mistake could have been made. I suppose the Nabokov situation should've been some clue, but it was a lockout...a ton of players were coming back from Europeean leagues.
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