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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Was the Boston deal THAT much better? It is ARGUABLY better. Flames seemed to like it a bit better, but like Ken King said - the Boston package was not significantly better than the Pittsburgh one.
You can bet that Bouwmeester will be asked to waive and supply a list of teams, and the Flames will be making the best trade they can and then simply announcing it. They made an exception for Jarome due to his long standing history with the organization, what he meant to this team, and to the city. I still think the full intention was to send Jarome to whatever team he preferred.
I also stated a long time ago on these forums that the "Not re-signing Jarome" this season was probably a mutual decision. It certainly appears that all the pieces fit.
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Pretty much agree with everything you said, my gut feeling too that this was a mutual "prior" decision/discussion between the two parties. That said, the Flames were still left with very few options in the end having left the final say in Iggy's hands.