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Originally Posted by belsarius
I swear it was a backroom deal.. Give him an offer we can match and in return we'll overpay on a trade later. Its the only way I see Berra being worth a 2nd round pick, because seriously..
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Do backroom deals really happen at this level? The only time I can ever remember something like this happening is in the CFL when the Eskimos got Troy Davis from Hamilton and Jason Maas somehow ended up a TiCat after the Grey Cup.
If it was a back room deal, I don't think they would have structured the contract where O'Reilly needed to be qualified at $6+.
As another point of interest, could the Flames have simply not assigned O'Reilly to the active roster?