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Originally Posted by dissentowner
The rules were certainly not clear and Feaster clearly saw that. I guarantee either the NHL would have just voided the whole deal or O'Reilly would have been a Flame. You could totally see how it could be interpreted the way the Flames saw it and if the NHL had done what you think they would have it would have went to court where a judge would have determined that the way it was written could definitely be interpreted in the Flames favour and the NHL would have lost.
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The NHL already told them they were offside. And that waivers would have been required.
I don’t see how you can interpret article 13 or the transition rules any differently. At the very least Feaster should have cleared his offer sheet with the league. Good GMs don’t roll the dice even if they think that their interpretation on an iffy provision is correct. I don’t actually think Feaster looked at it - it was after the fact rationalizing.