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Originally Posted by atb
That's fair, but Doug MacLean mentioned something interesting when this happened last year. He said as a GM in this situation, if a player gives you a list of 4 teams, you have to get them to sign off saying that they can be traded to any of those 4 teams (and is what is typically done in these situations). Otherwise you leave yourself in a weak bargaining position where it's difficult to bargain in good faith. I assume that due to Iginla's standing with the team, they didn't want to make him (or he refused to) sign anything. This turned out to be a big mistake.
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Sure but first of all Doug MacLean is a twit. So if he's your evidence to support any argument - you do so at your peril.
Second - what if Iginla wasn't willing to sign that list. What if he said "here's a list of teams I think I'm OK with but I want final say".
What then?