so the report that players taken in the expansion draft can't be traded back to their original teams until January was wrong:
Pierre LeBrun @PierreVLeBrun
Have confirmed this with Bill Daly just now: There is no blanket rule prohibiting a team from re-acquiring player lost in exp draft already
The league just has to be satisfied it wasn't pre-cooked or part of a broader transaction that is attempting to circumvent exp draft rules
The Jan. 1 rule is for players traded to other teams before the expansion draft; they can't be re-acquired prior to Jan. 1
So, for example, as it relates to Marc Methot: there is no rule prohibiting the Senators from trying to trade back for him this week...
or for Nashville to try and get James Neal back, etc....
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