A bit of a crappy translation, but interesting info:
Sahlstedt vahvistaa: Rangers lähettää Reunasen Hartfordiin - "Todella erikoinen setti"
Could be that they just want him acquainted to HFD before sending him to Finland again if he wants to return.
But I don't understand one thing -- why does Reunanens contract say that he "must" return to Rauma if he doesn't make it in NY? Its one thing to have that option -- but what if he has a change of heart?
The thing is, Lukko Rauma (his team in Finland) isn't even a party to this agreement. I.e. the SPC. A player assigned to a minor organization must report. An Euro-Out Clause gives the player the right to refuse to be assigned. So its like me and
@GeorgeKaplan signs a contract stipulating that I must give 10 USD to
@Just doink. If I don't do it, GK can enforce the agreement, Just doink can't. An agreement is only enforceable between its parties, Just doink wouldn't be a party to that contract. Just like Lukko isn't a party to the SPC we have with Reunanen. If I and GK have a change of heart, we can of course change our agreement and agree to not give Just doink anything. So even if we have inked a Euro Out Clause with Reunanen unconditionally stating that we cannot assign him to HFD, if he wants to stay, what is Lukko going to do if we assign him to HFD? Raise and objection with Bettman that we aren't complying with Reunanen's SPC? They can of course not do that,
its non of their business. In legal terms, they
lack standing, as far as I can tell. It should be up to Reunanen if he wants to enforce that clause or not.
From that perspective, the GM Kalle Sahlstedt statement that he "must" return to Lukko since he didn't make the team is odd. I wonder if its correct. And if it is, its the result of some really crappy agent somewhere...