Yeah, just like the league was going to take a first round pick away from the Devils for the Kovalchuk contract.
The wording was too iffy, and the ink wasn't even dry on the CBA yet.
There is no way the league would have enforced that and had us lose a 1st and 3rd round pick to Colorado for nothing, and have Columbus walk away with O'Reilly for nothing.
It would have looked bad for the whole league.
That's my opinion, but we will never know for sure.
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