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Originally Posted by Captain_Obvious
What part are you missing?
He needs to be part of the process when and if a trade happens. There's no blindsiding happening here.
And if /when he's traded, he reports to his new team.
"You've set every major record this organization has, spent your entire career here, done everything for the community, took us to the Finals on your back. . . . You're traded. Here's a phone, call your kids. Your plane arrives in 30 minutes. See ya!"
makes it sound like you think they'd hand him a phone and a van would pull up and tell him to get in like he had no choice in the matter.  |
I didn't mention anything about anyone being blindsided with a trade. Read it again. Slower this time, if need be.
If the team sealed the trade, and only gave Iginla the chance to make a phone call before hustling him out the door,
that is what I would have a problem with. If for some reason Iginla didn't want to make a presser, or didn't want to make the flight back to Calgary for the night/day before going on to Boston (and still having time to make the game, even), then that's his prerogative. If, however, the team just refused him the choice. . . . Naw, not cool from where I sit.
I know it's the cool thing these last few days to sound all business-like and "keep calm and carry on" on CP over this impending trade, but it's alright to still have some type of emotional attachment to the player and the history of the player. Really. Maybe it is a business, and maybe Feaster is a cold-hearted #######, I don't know, but it's honestly okay for us as fans to want to see Iginla off with a little bit of the fanfare and/or departing dignity, even if it's not much. We're not part of the business, so it's not necessary we act like the businessmen in it.