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Originally Posted by Buff
According to Friedman's tweet earlier, it seems like the NHL was also misled. From his tweet it seems that Ottawa told NHL and Vegas that the clause expired or wasn't filed. The NHL said "Okay, good trade!". Why should Vegas assume otherwise if the governing body rules that everything is good. The NHL seems to have screwed up by not verifying Ottawa's claims in the trade call in the summer of 2021. Mistakes were made and it may not be Vegas' fault here.
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It was a good trade in 2021. Because Vegas was not on the list. A lot depends on the wording of what appears to be a phone call. If Vegas says “Is there an applicable NTC”, Ottawa may have truthfully said “no NTC is in place for this trade” or “NTC is not an issue”. If Ottawa said “there was an NTC but Dadonov didn’t submit a list by the deadline so it expired” then they are liable to Vegas somehow. But I still don’t see how or why the NHL would have been involved in that discussion.