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Originally Posted by Ashasx
Odd to see Roy signed so early. He's a mess in his own end.
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He's not signed yet. This is simply a condition of the CBA to retain draft rights to a player from major junior (it's been in the CBA since at least 2005, but I don't recall teams ever announcing it).
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8.6 Reserve List-Exclusive Rights.
(a) Commencing with the 2013 Entry Draft, a Player selected by a Club in the Entry Draft shall be registered on the Reserve List of the selecting Club as an "Unsigned Draft Choice."
(i) Subject to the provisions of Sections (b), (c), (d) and (e) below, such registration shall establish for such selecting Club the exclusive right of negotiation for the services of each Player selected and registered as against all other Clubs up to and including June 1 of the next calendar year following the date of his selection.
(ii) Subject to the provisions of subsection (iii) below and Sections (b), (c) and (d) below, if, on or before June 1 of the calendar year next succeeding the Entry Draft, the claiming Club makes a Bona Fide Offer (as defined below) to its claimed Player of an SPC, the Club shall retain the exclusive right of negotiation for the services of such Player up to and including the second June 1 following the date of his selection.
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If they had not made a bona fide offer, he would have been removed from the Flames' reserve list.
Roy was the only player drafted last year who they were required to give a bona fide offer. Monahan, Poirier, Klimchuk, and Kanzig are already signed. Harrison and Gilmour are College students, and Rafikov is a European player so the three of them didn't require a bona fide offer to remain Flames property.
The offer is likely a bare minimum ELC, so he might not want to sign it. If he doesn't sign it, he'll still remain Flames property until June 1, 2015.