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Originally Posted by browna
Two things:
Sundin put the screws to TO because TO in that offseason, floated out rumors he may be hurt, which drove his market value down. He ended up signing in TO for one year.
So when it came down to the club asking for a favour when the Leafs were again out of it later that year, he refused.
Second, and this is an honest question, has Iginla ever previously negotiated a new contract halfway through a season?
A lot of players don't want the distraction of that, and given his situation and his 17 years with the club and him being the top player and the understanding between him and management, there is no fomal rush to have it done for any particular reason during the season, outside of optics.
Francis asked a question, Meehan gave an answer, everything else is reading between the lines as to reasoning why there hasn't been negotiations.
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This. Iginla has never neg a contract during the season. Also, at the beginning of the season, both sides said they wouldn't talk about it during the season and it won't be until after the season before they talk. There really is no news here. (though I'm still reading through to see if there is any update)
Don Meehan has always been a shark though... probably floating the idea out in case his client (Iginla) wants to move on, and start ramping up some interest for his client.