This is the danger of the team wanting to do right by Iginla and have him involved and making the final decision. All Feaster et al. could do was try to leverage the best deal they could from each, and tell Iggy which one the team prefers. Unfortunately, he chose what appears to be the weakest of the three. But I guess you go with it, because of all he's meant to team and city and fan.
The real mistake appears to have been made in mishandling the initial discussions, and pushing too hard too quickly in trying to leverage better deals out of the teams early on. If Shero did indeed offer more last week and Feaster said it wasn't enough, it's hard to fault him as he'd have been raked over the coals for accepting a first offer. But such is the dangerous game of dealing with a sage like Shero (another factor out of Feaster's control)--he doesn't blink, and instead cranks the screws on Feaster by acquiring Morrow. At that stage, the Iginla auction was sunk, and we were always going to be disappointed. So you take the pick, you hope at least one of the guys winds up being a serviceable NHLer, but the real effect of this trade is a turning of the page.
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