I don’t think Vancouver did anything in bad faith, but I also think we need to stick to the rules. The signing date was clearly posted on approval, and I personally made note of it so I wasn’t breaking rules since every team could use active rookies. It would be best if people could be approved asap but life happens, and it feels like a slippery slope to me to argue old examples (or it was x minutes close to the deadline) when the approval language was clear in this instance. 

I can definitely see the argument that this would sour people on committing to the league, Driver obviously felt something to accept the contract, but I think adhering to the posted rules will attract more people than it drives away.  Just my two cents as I’m still new here.