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Originally Posted by burnitdown
Yes, of course you're right with what you're saying - he chose Pittsburgh in the end. But that's not at all what I'm saying...
What I'm saying is that if Feaster got a list of approved teams from Iginla then formally submitted that to the NHLPA then it no longer would have mattered if Iginla changed his mind and decided on the Penguins over the Bruins. Feaster could have traded him to any team on that list and would no longer require formal offical from Iginla again once a deal was reached. That is black and white too.
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I might agree with you if I can find anywhere that this is standard protocol for a full NMC. Looking through the CBA, what you state is true for limited NTC's. player has a formal list of teams he can be traded to and has no input on which of those teams he goes to. Iggy had a full NMC and was under no legal obligation to give Feaster a set list, that if Feaster then filed this list with the NHL he now had the power to send Iggy to any of those 4 teams as he sees fit. Please show me anywhere where there is concrete proof that Feaster decided to ignore this process. Because by all accounts it sounds like Iggy gave a verbal list, but in the end decided Pittsburgh was the only place he wanted to go. It had nothing to do with any supposed paperwork Feaster failed to file.