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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
A first round pick was expected for both Iginla and Bouwmeester as a starting point as we had seen lesser players over the years been traded for first round picks but that fact that Feaster couldn't get another pick with either guy or a prospect in the Blues and Penguins top 10 is just bad. Berra is likely the best we are going to see from the four other players.
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There's a pervasive meme around here that the Flames prioritized "Doing Iginla Right" rather than maximizing his value to explain why the Pittsburg trade debacle happened.
Could it be that maybe we were just being fanciful and revisionist to try to justify Feaster's bad handling of that situation?
Because Burke said in his recommendation to management that trade values were a problem and was a reason to let Feaster go. It would be fairly two-faced to fire Feaster for not getting full value for Iginla if the organization wanted to "Do Him Right."