Yeah. Feaster's hands were pretty much totally tied here, and it does seem as though Meehan/Iginla are most to blame. But Feaster made 2 crucial errors, which might have mitigated what is looking to be total clusterfudge:
1) not being forthright with Boston about Iggy having final say, nor about the latter's waffling on the deal that afternoon;
2) not allowing Chiarelli permission to speak directly with Iggy so as to make a full court press for Boston.
Regarding the latter, I'm surprised Feaster wouldn't give permission, based on his experience granting permission to Buffalo to convince Regehr in 2011.
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