Iginla never agreed to be traded to Boston. He agreed to accept a trade to any one of Boston, LA, Chicago or Pittsburgh if only one of them made an acceptable offer, and he honored that agreement. According to Iginla and King, both Pittsburgh and Boston's offers were acceptable, so Iginla made the decision that he'd earned the right to make. Anyone who holds that against him or makes up a story about how Iginla secretly promised to give up his right to decide his destination and then went back on that promise has to have been looking for an excuse to blame him. I know it's natural to try to tell yourself that your ex is a bad person when things don't work out, but sometimes it's just time to move on and there is no bad guy.
As for whether or not he made the right decision, obviously he did not, but I'm not sure that his decision would have been the wrong one if Crosby hadn't taken that puck to the face or if Crosby had never returned to the lineup. I guess we'll never know.
It's too late to do anything about it now, but hopefully Iginla choses wisely this summer and gets the Cup next year.
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