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Originally Posted by Captain_Obvious
Did Iginla ever say he would agree to go to four teams? That was all speculated.
Again, he had a NTC and wanted to go to Pittsuburgh. Period. Are you somehow insinuating it's Feaster's fault for not twisting his arm into going to Boston? Come on.
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I think the point Primetime Sports is making is that Iginla clearly gave a list (likely verbally or off the record) and Boston was on it (otherwise Feaster wouldn't have wasted his time going as far as coming to terms on a deal). As per Glenn Healy, common protocol when a player has a NMC is that he submits an official list of approved teams then the team files this list to the NHLPA. At this point, the team can trade him to any of those teams. Because Feaster didn't get a formal list and submit it to the NHLPA, it blew up in his face because Iginla went back on his word and after initially saying Boston was on his list.
So if Feaster didn't follow common protocol and submit a formal list from Iginla to the NHLPA before doing his negotiations and was forced to take a worse deal because Iginla changed his mind...then yes, you could easily argue it's Feaster's fault.