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Originally Posted by CaramonLS
See this is exactly the point!
Boston nor Pittsburgh should have had any idea that it was a two team race.
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I'm not sure there was much the Flames could have done. No sane man on management (okay, I'll point out that if the Flames did announce that the list was very short, then somebody needs to get axed)...on any team would have leaked the list of 3-4 teams. I mean, we all knew who was on it.
This would imply that it was leaked by a different source. Maybe somebody low in management who wanted to release information or Iginla's agent. I don't know. What matters though is that I don't think the Flames upper management intentionally let the information loose. There is literally no gain for them. Again though, if it was Feaster or King who said to media in a press release I'm unaware of, "Yes, Iginla has sent us a list. It's 3 or 4 teams deep.", then they DID fundamentally screw up the dynamics of the market for Iginla.
But it was my understanding the management was dead silent before the trade. Which is why I don't think there was such a case.