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Originally Posted by Hustle
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.
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Yeah. And you know Meehan was sliding along a bit of inside info to Shero that, really, it was always going to be Pittsburgh. So it seems Shero held all the aces from the start, and Feaster had some string a scotch tape. My worry is that he used Boston to try to squeeze Shero, even knowing that he'd always have to accept Pitt's final offer, which may have reverberations in Feaster's relations with the GM community moving forward.