The stakes are too high to excuse Vegas from any fault because Ottawa bumbled something.
They had the player, all you had to do is look up said player and cap friendly and see he has a ntc, so it's just silliness not to approach the agent for clarification before you get to the trade deadline since the organization needed to move out a contract in order to effectively Kucherov the West for a playoff run.
Not doing so put them in jeopardy. Why would they just hope that what Ottawa told them was true?
Ottawa looks to have botched this from all reports but that doesn't make Vegas not doing due diligence a huge mistake as well.
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