[sureLoss]

Originally Posted by mikephoen

They also made their position on Kovalchuk and the Devil's cap circumvention clear and then they changed their minds later.

We'll never know for sure how the situation would have been resolved.

Is that what I not said?

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Don't know how you can say the outcome wasn't officially communicated when the Flames press release about the situation clearly states the league told them RoR would have had to clear waivers after the fact.

Now whether that would have held up after legal challenges and arbitration is an academic point because Colorado matched before they could go down that road. In many ways it was good fortune for the Flames that Greg Sherman matched the offer sheet so quickly.