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Originally Posted by burnitdown
They had Glenn Healy on Primetime Sports discussing this. Granted, he's one of the worst commentators out there and his views are usually way off base...but he did work with the NHLPA so I would assume he has some idea of NHL processes and isn't just making stuff up. He said that this is the common process that is followed when a team tries to trade a player with a NTC/NMC - they get a list of teams he'll accept, submit it to the NHLPA, then the team is able to trade him to any of those teams. That prevents these type of issues where teams work to trade a player only for the player to change his mind last second.
He gave some recent examples like Komisarek (who had a NMC) - where he signed a form saying he'll accept a demotion to the AHL, the Leafs submit it to the NHLPA, then they're able to do it. While apparently it's very common, the key is that both parties need to sign the form then submit it to the league.
So we'd only be speculating if Iginla was refusing to do this or if Feaster just didn't bother and figured Iginla's word was good enough...
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Doug MacLean also talking about this on Sportsnet. He says it's very odd to get a list of teams you can explore a trade with and then have to go back to the player once the trade is reached to get formal accpetance. The general practice is to get a list then you're able to trade the player to any team on that list. Otherwise "it's the tail wagging the dog" and it leads to a messy situation.