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gargamel · 03-29-2013, 10:02 AM

Iginla agreed to accept a trade to one of the 4 teams on that list, and that's exact what he did. If only one team had been interested, he'd have waived his NMC to go there, but because more than one team was interested, he got to choose between them. That was a right that he earned both contractually and through his play over the past decade plus. I'd have been disappointed in Feaster if he'd have let it play out any other way.

It would be nice for King to show a little class by not trying to spin the situation against Iginla, but I have no other issues with the way this was handled by anyone involved.

Edit: Disregard my second paragraph. It was based on the OP's summary of the interview rather than on the interview itself. After hearing it, King did not blame Iginla at all.

03-29-2013, 10:02 AM	#159
gargamel First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cambodia Exp:	Iginla agreed to accept a trade to one of the 4 teams on that list, and that's exact what he did. If only one team had been interested, he'd have waived his NMC to go there, but because more than one team was interested, he got to choose between them. That was a right that he earned both contractually and through his play over the past decade plus. I'd have been disappointed in Feaster if he'd have let it play out any other way. It would be nice for King to show a little class by not trying to spin the situation against Iginla, but I have no other issues with the way this was handled by anyone involved. Edit: Disregard my second paragraph. It was based on the OP's summary of the interview rather than on the interview itself. After hearing it, King did not blame Iginla at all. Last edited by gargamel; 03-29-2013 at 05:32 PM.