The whole thing seems weird to me. I guess I always assumed that when a trade is filed and approved by the league, all accompanying paperwork would have to be filed with it, including no-trade lists.
It seems dumb that Ottawa and Vegas could have made the trade and it was approved without Ottawa also having to provide that information to the league to show that the clause wasn't violated. Just like how Vegas and Anaheim were able to get a deal approved by the league without doing the same. The whole process seems to be way more lax than it should be. I agree that Vegas, the team that owned the contract should have known the details of the clause and done their due diligence, but the league approving the deal without questioning it seems equally as dumb.
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