Apparently only the Montreal Media is calling this "overruling" where as the rest of the hockey world sees it for what it is.
You don't hand out a 72 million dollar contract without the Owner being involved. It just doesn't happen.
"Ted Leonsis negotiated Alex Ovechkin’s 2008 contract. Jeff Vanderbeek was active in the New Jersey Devils’ acquisition and subsequent contract debacle with Ilya Kovalchuk. Ed Snider was an aggressive catalyst for the Flyers acquiring Ilya Bryzgalov, even if he’s revised his role a bit in the aftermath."
https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nhl-p...173403572.html