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Originally Posted by doctajones428
I think the purpose is to prevent the GM from wasting his time kicking tires with 25 teams he doesn't want to go to. If deals with Pittsburgh and Boston didn't pan out he would of (more than likely) waived to go to a different team on his list.
Pittsburgh was clearly number one on his list before the Boston offer came in and it continued to stay that way
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The list protects both Feaster and Iginla from wasting time. Iginla submits the list knowing that some of the teams he's willing to go to might not be able or willing to make an offer. What is obvious from the outcome is that Iginla's agent did not tell Feaster that if more than one team came back with an offer, that Iginla didn't care which team he'd go to. Feaster obviously couldn't just pick the destination without checking with Iginla first. Iginla then picked the team he preferred. This was undoubtedly part of the initial agreement that started the trade negotiations, or else Iginla couldn't have chosen Pittsburgh. The problem had to originate in the negotiations between Boston and Feaster.