If it was Formenton's room and he was the one who invited the rest, he doesn't really have any hope of denying any involvement. So, I think it's easier for the Senators to walk away from him.
They didn't give him a qualifying offer and they don't have any legal obligation to do so. It made him a UFA and any team could have signed him, so they didn't take away his right to work.
Dube and Hart were both already signed to multiyear contracts when this story broke, so that makes it harder for the Flames and Flyers to cut ties with the players if they keep showing up for work.
The 2 Devils players are a different case because they were both up for new contracts last summer and neither received a qualifying offer from their previous teams, even though neither QO was that big. McLeod eventually re-signed with the Devils and actually got a bigger contract than his QO. Foote signed with the Devils as a UFA.
I wonder if McLeod denied any involvement and vouched for Foote? Also, Fitzgerald and Adam Foote were briefly teammates with the Avalanche, so I wonder if Adam vouched for Cal, which made Fitzgerald willing to take a chance?
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