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Originally Posted by DionTheDman
My understanding was that Iggy's "list" included Boston initially, and so Feaster was working on trades with those teams. However, when it came down to it, Iggy basically threw the list out and would only accept a trade to Pittsburgh. I thought that was the generally-accepted version of what happened? Correct me if I'm wrong.
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I don't believe he threw out the list. When Feaster approached Iginla that a deal had been struck with Boston Iginla asked if they would talk to the Penguins one more time. I don't believe Feaster had a gun to his head to accept the Penguins offer and it's entirely possible he and Wisebrod liked Hanowski and Agostino and felt is was comparable to Boston's offer.
Duhatschek who is one of the more level headed media members was on 960 this morning and said that after the ROR fiasco that many around the league were surprised that Feaster wasn't immediately relieved of his duties that many were surprised that Burke didn't fire him sooner. It's really starting to look like he may never work in the NHL again which is kind of a shame because he could probably be valuable in an assistant or support role but what GM would ever hire him for that seeing how he ended up replacing the last two GM's he worked under? They were saying on the radio maybe he should look at going back to the AHL if he wants to work in hockey again.