O'Reilly Offer Sheet By Flames Matched by Avs

[ericdaoust]

ROR is such a douche... nuf said. I can't believe the Avs matched and how is this guy going to walk into the locker room and face his teammates? Landeskog and Duchene are guys you would want to build around, not ROR. Ship the bastard to CBJ.

and

Calgary... the most mismanaged team outside of the NYI and CBJ. At least the Islanders draft properly.

He will not have a problem walking in the dressing room because he makes them a better team. Hockey is a business about winning.

[Stunaman]

He will not have a problem walking in the dressing room because he makes them a better team. Hockey is a business about winning.

no doubt it is all about money. good for ROR and his family for getting a $10M payday.

however, as we've seen via the brouwer/semin and other situations, your teammates still think you're a douche. if he doesn't care that's fine, but he'll never get the "C" put on his chest.

[ericdaoust]

no doubt it is all about money. good for ROR and his family for getting a $10M payday.

however, as we've seen via the brouwer/semin and other situations, your teammates still think you're a douche. if he doesn't care that's fine, but he'll never get the "C" put on his chest.

I think at this point he'll just play his years and become a UFA. Maybe by then they like each other more and sign long-term. But NHL dressing rooms are like any other workplace. You might not get along with everyone but work can still get done.

[Bomm Bastic]

No, the 11.8mil in space showing on Capgeek does not include the 5mil of cap space going to O'Reilly. They have about 6.8mil to spare next year.

The following year you're right, they're getting screwed and this O'Reilly deal will hurt more then because he won't resign for a much lower number and Lando and Duchene's agents are going to point at the deal for the money their clients should be getting as a minimum. I guess Stastny might come down a bit, but they should start planning ahead.

Aves are obligated to keep him only the first year of the contract correct? They can move him at any point after, no?

That was my understanding.

[ericdaoust]

LOL,

This is so funny, it can't possibly be true. Can it?!
Could an NHL GM actually overlook this kind of detail?!

Apparently, they could have lost their picks and lost O'Reilly had the Avs not matched!!!

priceless

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2013/..._ryan_oreilly/

Yet another reason why that waiver rule is absolutely stupid.

[mapletreemarty]

That got waived for the shortened season... it would have never played out like that.

[gainerama]

Yet another reason why that waiver rule is absolutely stupid.

Yet another reason why Ownership and Management in Calgary is a joke. Let's trade away a top 10 pick cause we're going to intentially screw it up at the draft anyways.

[Bomm Bastic]

LOL,

This is so funny, it can't possibly be true. Can it?!
Could an NHL GM actually overlook this kind of detail?!

Apparently, they could have lost their picks and lost O'Reilly had the Avs not matched!!!

priceless

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/2013/..._ryan_oreilly/

Oh damn, could you imagine? Feaster must have shat his knickers when he found out.

[letangerang58]

Considering what the Flames have up the middle this is a risk I think they have to take. Simply put, you don't get first line centermen without paying up or getting lucky and drafting one. Now you can argue that O'Reilly isn't a top line centerman but last season he proved that he was capable.

The only issue is that acquiring him doesn't necessarily make Calgary a contender but really this team probably isn't dropping into the bottom three after acquiring him so really getting him is as good if not better than having a shot at a top three pick in this draft. You know what you are getting with O'Reilly better than any top pick even if the history of success with those guys is pretty damn high.

O'Reilly's contract also isn't so much more expensive than what you'd pay a top three pick anyway and if I'm not mistaken he'll remain an RFA at the end of this deal so Calgary will continue to hold onto his rights, which makes him nearly as valuable as a guy on a rookie deal.

Finally, if Colorado matches then at least you've saddled your division rival with a player who has conflict there and you've forced them to pay more than they wanted to keep him.

I say good deal and I'm with Comish on this one, I wish the Oilers had the sack to try the same deal. Imagine O'Reilly on that team!

Best post in this thread so far. Completely agree with everything you've said. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do and this is the kind of thing they have to do if they are going to fix their center problem. They probably can't rely on a draft pick to bring in that center they need if they are going to try for the playoffs every year anyway.

[sd1976]

He would not have had to been put on waivers to clear. That was under the old CBA. The new CBA has it that RFA's do not have to clear through waivers.

Per Elliott Friedman

[Carcillo]

He would not have had to been put on waivers to clear. That was under the old CBA. The new CBA has it that RFA's do not have to clear through waivers.

Per Elliott Friedman

For those asking, yes, my understanding is if COL hadn't matched CGY offer on O'Reilly, CGY would have had to put him on waivers to play now

Per Bob McKenzie.

[ericdaoust]

So we have conflicting reports about this but does the NHL have an answer to this or is this a classic blunder?

[Carcillo]

So we have conflicting reports about this but does the NHL have an answer to this or is this a classic blunder?

According to TSN, Bill Daly has confirmed that O'Reilly was subject to waivers if COL didn't match the offer sheet.

[Godin]

Well that explains the Calgary Flames!

Seriously though, this can't be true. Not one member of managment knew this? I doubt that.

[Ross The Boss Palmer]

Well that explains the Calgary Flames!

Seriously though, this can't be true. Not one member of managment knew this? I doubt that.

I don't. They still believe they can be contenders. Slowing turning into the Leafs of this decade.