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Originally Posted by opendoor
Honestly if that's true it reflects even more poorly on Feaster et al that they'd be willing to risk losing valuable assets for nothing just on the chance that they may be able to successfully get O'Reilly via an offer sheet.
If they honestly missed the rule (or more likely the fact that O'Reilly played games after the deadline) that's simply a mistake; a huge one, but a relatively honest oversight. But if their idea was to play chicken with the NHL on this rule when the ultimate reward was still a relatively questionable move (i.e trading #6 and #67 for O'Reilly), then they were completely and utterly out to lunch.
And all that said, I disagree that the wording was all that unclear. The MOU included an illustration where it said that a team would need to trade for an RFA in order to have the signing be exempt from rule 13.23, so I don't really see any kind of brilliant loophole. It could've certainly been worded better (as it eventually was in the CBA), but I really don't see enough there to warrant gambling a high 1st rounder in a great draft.
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Like I said, I considered the wisdom of the attempt to be the blunder. Or if not THE blunder, A blunder. So sort of sounds like we agree?
Anyway, I should have not continued the derailment. BF out.
EDIT: Opendoor, looks like I didn't address something in your post that I'm sure you'll come back at me on. I don't remember the bit you mention about rule 13.23 requiring a team to trade for an RFA. Here's the language from the MOU...
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All Players on a Club’s Reserve List and Restricted Free Agent List will be exempt from the application of CBA 13.23 Waivers in the case of a mid-season signing. For further clarity, if Club A trades such a Player to Club B and Club B signs the Player to an SPC, such Player will be exempt from the application of CBA 13.23.
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Source and explanation:
http://www.mcsorleys-stick.com/2013/...is-also-wrong/
So I'll admit that I agree with this writer's opinion. You are free to disagree, of course, but since I do agree by extention I am giving Feaster credit for recognizing an opportunity. At the same time I think he was an idiot in pursuing it, or at least pursuing it in the manner that he did.