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Originally Posted by liamenator
Um, that's exactly what I'm saying. The team could have manufactured leverage by saying "we don't care if you want Pittsburgh, they aren't offering enough; we'd rather just not trade you." But they would never do that to Iggy, nor should they have.
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That's exactly it though... they do that and you know that Meehan is making a stink to the media and the Flames get completely blackballed among potential UFA's and others going forward. This was one of the trades where there were external factors at play and had to be handled carefully. You can't just bully a legacy player like Iginla into a deal without it blowing up in your face.
Obviously the return isn't what we all wanted but we weren't getting that for a 35 year old rental. I'm not enamored with Feaster and Weisbrod's fascination with NCAA kids but let's see how it turns out.
Hopefully these guys stock up draft picks now.