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Originally Posted by oldschoolcalgary
well, this is the qoute from that tsn article i linked:
Specifically, GMs worry that Vegas could take advantage of the 48-hour window before the expansion draft in June to quietly agree to terms on a deal with a pending unrestricted free agent, then wait until July 1 to sign him, so as to pluck another player off a team's roster in the expansion draft.
This would circumvent the rule that if a team loses a free agent to Vegas in that 48-hour free-agent-signing window, it cannot lose another player in the expansion draft. Some GMs worry that veteran GM George McPhee, who wasn't born yesterday, would take advantage of the situation.
so it appears that they can, but teams who lose a UFA are no longer exposed to the expansion draft...
i'm no expert... this article was from the beginning of november
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It remains a bit unclear for sure.
My interpretation is that LV can certainly circumvent the rules and sign later on July 1. Which allows them to grab more than one Flame potentially.
But does not look like they can select an unsigned pending UFA RFA player June 21.
They would have sign such player by June 21 for that to be their Flames selection. Which they are certainly free to do.