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Originally Posted by jeedee
What?
Isn't that only if his qualifying offer is for one year? Isn't he allowed to sign for longer?
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Yes he is. Think of the top-end young players (the ones that are ~22-25 like E. Kane, Duchene, Pietrangelo, Karlsson, etc.). In those cases they likely signed a long-term second contract so that they're made happy by their club, and also the club keeps them for a longer period of time.
ROR as a RFA was qualified by the Avs, but (allegedly, says Pierre McGuire) his agents told him to hold out for a longer/more lucrative contract as they thought that ROR was worth more than the qualifying offer (which was likely true). This was on the heels of the Avs signing Matt Duchene to his second deal (at big money/term). Fast-forward, and the Flames offer-sheet ROR for a 2 year deal. Since the end of that deal brings him below the UFA age, he's still RFA until 2016 if he continues to be qualified by his controlling club. That's unless he's signed long-term. If the latter occurs, then he's UFA at the end of the long deal.