Feaster was too lenient with the player IMO, and got burned......at least that's what it sounds like to me. He is supposed to get the list in writing and have the player sign off on it, sounds like he didn't do that. Once that happens, the player is completely out of the process and you try you get the best deal while negotiating with the teams on the list.
Because the player didn't sign off on his list, he still had all the power and at some point Iginla decided he really wanted to go to Pittsburgh......maybe that's where he wanted to go from the beginning, but still gave Jay other options in case Pittsburgh wasn't all that interested, or to at least give Jay a little leverage in negotiations.
Of course, it is possible that Iggy agreed to waive, but wouldn't agree to sign off on a list.
It's really hard to place blame on anybody in this situation, without knowing all the facts. Of course, that isn't going to stop most people here though.
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