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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Well the biggest indicator IMO was the fact that the NHL quickly changed the rule to be more clear, and aligned it to what the Flames interpretation of the rule was.
My guess is if the ambiguity of the rule was challenged the Flames would have won that challenge, plus it seems clear that by changing the rule to align to the Flames interpretation that the interpretation the Flames had of that rule was the clear spirit of the rule to start with.
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First - I don't see that the rule was amended to align with the Flames interpretation: 13.23 says the same thing as it did then.
http://www.nhl.com/nhl/en/v3/ext/CBA...A_2013_CBA.pdf
To the extent it was, an equally likely reason for the change is that they got pushback from a bunch of teams saying they didn't like that outcome.