If I was Iginla, I would have picked the Bruins

[gunnner]

I think Iginla should have picked the Bruins.

[devo22]

[West Karma]

Originally Posted by gunnner

I think Iginla should have picked the Bruins.

If I was Iginla I would have respected the Calgary Flames (AND MY BOSS) and attempted to do what was "best" for the organization! Maybe there is a Hockey God!

[ignite09]

Originally Posted by gunnner

I think Iginla should have picked the Bruins.

There is no way too express the awesome that is the direction of this thread. Nothing but well educated, and coherent arguments will be made from here on in.

[Poe969]

and if I was a gambling man, I would't have bet on the pens...

[Barnet Flame]

I'm a bit busy right now, but reckon I'll have some time near the end of June to state who Iggy should have picked in order to make sure he won the Cup.

[Rhettzky]

I guess the question of the day is... would Boston still have made it to round 3 with Iginla. Lots of variables would have changed. Pittsburgh may have had better chemistry. Boston may have not been able to launch that come back against the Leafs in game 7. Maybe if he chose Boston the Leafs would have progressed and beat a struggling Penguins team and then go on to win the cup. Gross.

[Da_Chief]

Yup, the B's would've been done after round 1 if he had chosen them. Looks good on him tho.

[Cowperson]

Originally Posted by Rhettzky

I guess the question of the day is... would Boston still have made it to round 3 with Iginla. Lots of variables would have changed. Pittsburgh may have had better chemistry. Boston may have not been able to launch that come back against the Leafs in game 7. Maybe if he chose Boston the Leafs would have progressed and beat a struggling Penguins team and then go on to win the cup. Gross.

In addition to the Penguins looking like a better bet to win a Cup at the time, the Pens were also more suited to the style Iginla wanted to play: ie: less backchecking, more offensive.

Teams, however, win Cups, not a collection of great individuals.

Boston was ultimately better off without him. And Iginla kept falling down the depth chart in Pittsburgh as his warts became more exposed in an elite lineup.

Great player in his time but definitely fading.

However, he made the best decision at the time based on what was known then. Most would have done the same.

Cowperson

[iggyoi]

If i was iginla i would have gone to the odd corner and also the odd net.

[Southside]

Iggy submitted a list and from there should have accepted his destiny.

[gargamel]

Iginla never agreed to be traded to Boston. He agreed to accept a trade to any one of Boston, LA, Chicago or Pittsburgh if only one of them made an acceptable offer, and he honored that agreement. According to Iginla and King, both Pittsburgh and Boston's offers were acceptable, so Iginla made the decision that he'd earned the right to make. Anyone who holds that against him or makes up a story about how Iginla secretly promised to give up his right to decide his destination and then went back on that promise has to have been looking for an excuse to blame him. I know it's natural to try to tell yourself that your ex is a bad person when things don't work out, but sometimes it's just time to move on and there is no bad guy.

As for whether or not he made the right decision, obviously he did not, but I'm not sure that his decision would have been the wrong one if Crosby hadn't taken that puck to the face or if Crosby had never returned to the lineup. I guess we'll never know.

It's too late to do anything about it now, but hopefully Iginla choses wisely this summer and gets the Cup next year.

[browna]

Originally Posted by gargamel

Iginla never agreed to be traded to Boston. He agreed to accept a trade to any one of Boston, LA, Chicago or Pittsburgh if only one of them made an acceptable offer, and he honored that agreement. According to Iginla and King, both Pittsburgh and Boston's offers were acceptable, so Iginla made the decision that he'd earned the right to make. Anyone who holds that against him or makes up a story about how Iginla secretly promised to give up his right to decide his destination and then went back on that promise has to have been looking for an excuse to blame him. I know it's natural to try to tell yourself that your ex is a bad person when things don't work out, but sometimes it's just time to move on and there is no bad guy.

This. Iginla's list was teams he would consider. When he had it confirmed that the Boston and Pitt deals were fairly close together in return, he made his choice. He never backtracked on an original promise.

Any noise out of the Feaster camp other than this sentiment is just him trying to save whatever face he has left.

Feaster jumped the gun, making a pretty bold assumption, and made yet another bad decision by almost publicly telling the Bruins his "personal favourite" deal is done, enough assurance that a guy went on national TV and stick his neck out. If Feaster actually took the time to talk and confirm with Iginla, with a trade of such magnitude (no idea how he wouldn't or shouldn't) none of this ever surfaces, as what happens numerous times behind the scenes with trades that another team (Boston) was even in the mix let alone announced an hour before on national TV that it was where he was headed.

So, Feaster took another hit in the credibility department around the league and with agents over yet another miscalculation and his penchant for "leaking" things to the others. He got burned and obviously got pretty fired up. But his own fault; blaming Iginla, blaming his agent (as he's done) and talking down about Iginla since, is bad form when the Flames don't need any more negative perceptions about them if they want to be considered less of a joke than they are rapidly becoming within the league.

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by browna

This. Iginla's list was teams he would consider. When he had it confirmed that the Boston and Pitt deals were fairly close together in return, he made his choice. He never backtracked on an original promise.

Any noise out of the Feaster camp other than this sentiment is just him trying to save whatever face he has left.

Feaster jumped the gun, making a pretty bold assumption, and made yet another bad decision by almost publicly telling the Bruins his "personal favourite" deal is done, enough assurance that a guy went on national TV and stick his neck out. If Feaster actually took the time to talk and confirm with Iginla, with a trade of such magnitude (no idea how he wouldn't or shouldn't) none of this ever surfaces, as what happens numerous times behind the scenes with trades that another team (Boston) was even in the mix let alone announced an hour before on national TV that it was where he was headed.

So, Feaster took another hit in the credibility department around the league and with agents over yet another miscalculation and his penchant for "leaking" things to the others. He got burned and obviously got pretty fired up. But his own fault; blaming Iginla, blaming his agent (as he's done) and talking down about Iginla since, is bad form when the Flames don't need any more negative perceptions about them if they want to be considered less of a joke than they are rapidly becoming within the league.

The 2 deals were not "fairly close". There was a reason KK and Feaster tried to talk Iggy to go to Boston for almost 12 hours.

[RedIcipher]

Came for Captain Hindsight reference, leaving happy

[Matata]

nmd

[Dr. Doom]

It's amazing how a guy can go from "class act" and savior to Calgary, to the punch line of every joke with a tarnished image in such short order. Tragic irony for him, he's going to live this unless he can get a cup somewhere. Ask Sundin how it goes, and this situation is far worse given the circumstances. He'll be remembered for the way this played out for years to come. Don't think he has any wheels to win a cup anymore, and I think with this performance he's lost interest from a lot of teams too.

Kind of reminds me of the time Steve Sullivan was being mocked by that fan and then later in the game the puck flipped the boards and hit the fan in the face. Iggy must feel it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qye101BNhWE

Its that kind of hockey karma - what goes around comes around.

PS don't like kicking the guy when he's down but I can't help but absolutely love his new nickname
JaROFL IginLOL

http://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2...enguins-whoops

[gargamel]

Originally Posted by Dr. Doom

It's amazing how a guy can go from "class act" and savior to Calgary, to the punch line of every joke with a tarnished image in such short order.

It always happens during breakups. For years, he's a wonderful boyfriend, but as soon as things don't work out, you tell yourself that he's a good-for-nothing prick that you're better off without. I'm just surprised that so many Flames fans are acting like jilted lovers.

I've been critical of the Bruins fan base, but the one thing that I've always given them credit for is the way that they rallied behind Ray Bourque when he went to Colorado. I can't help but be a little disappointed that Flames fans didn't do the same with Iginla.

[H2SO4(aq)]

iginla played awful this last series, not sure the bruins sweeps if they had him on their team.

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Yes yes hindsight, but it did seem weird that he'd turn down the Bruins. Basically Iggy's list was all the teams we knew had a decent shot at the cup. After that, as we all know its a crapshoot on who will get hot and the right bounces. Not like Pitts at least in my mind were so much more likely to win than any of the other teams on his list, and IMO, Boston seemed to be more like the type of team that Iggy's persona matched. Just seemed messed up he wouldn't have taken whatever deal the Flames thought was best for them off of his list.

Shows to me that Iggy was over thinking things and I think you do that when you lose confidence. His mind set should have been, "I will be the difference on whichever of those great teams I'm sent to that will make me win the cup". In doing what he did, it was clear that his mindset was, who can "win the cup for me"

That lack of confidence has likely been reflective on the ice the ice for a while. He looked like a passenger this playoffs, he could IMO still have been a bigger difference maker.