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Originally Posted by Ped
.....Boston was told they had a deal BEFORE Iginla was approached and asked to waive - Chiarelli should have been told that yes, the deal was in place but now Iginlas has to agree to it, not "Iginla is yours"
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My understanding - and it comes from re-listening to the various comments and conversations - is that CGY-BOS agreed to a deal but did not yet have Iggy's blessing on it, despite him previously indicating that this was a team to negotiate with.
Now, Iggy may have done that out of kindness to the Flames. If he'd said only "Pittsburgh" then Feaster's hands REALLY would have been tied. Perhaps he knew he only wanted to go there, but gave the Flames other teams to negotiate with in order to provide a measure of freedom for them, and some leverage. If a substantial offer had come from (say) LAK, maybe he would have gone there -- who knows?
In the end, the BOS and PIT deals were comparably poor, with a slight edge to PIT based on the pick (arguably).
Given that Iggy had the hammer, I'm not quite sure what all the wailing and fussing is about. He did what he thought best for him and the Flames who should have done something years ago picked up the pieces - as they should have.