Bit different situation but when Detroit signed Nabokov he had to first go through waivers because he had played in the KHL. Obviously teams know they have to look into the specifics when making these types of transactions. Feaster even said they looked into it they just had a different interpretation of the rule. If he would have called the NHL they would have clarified the rule just like they did after he made the offer sheet. Not a bad idea with a fresh CBA. At the end of the day it was his own incompetence that lead to the situation.
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