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Originally Posted by DeluxeMoustache
The league begged to differ? I didn’t think the league had a chance to weigh in as the Avs matched. Also, weren’t they operating under a MOU at the time, with the CBA yet to be finalized?
Anyways, who cares, I guess. As several posters have said, it doesn’t matter now
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The league commented afterwards and said, yeah, waivers would have been required. Feaster admitted this when he said:
"Our interpretation of the Article 13 transition rules governing restricted free agents, and the applicability of Article 13.23 under the new Collective Bargaining Agreement to such RFA's was, and continues to be,
different than the NHL's current interpretation as articulated to us this morning. Moreover, throughout our discussions, the player's representative [Patrick Morris] shared our interpretation and position with respect to the non-applicability of Article 13.23.”
Again, Morris denied the last statement as well.