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Originally Posted by GoJetsGo

They would have had to move pieces to fit him in. Your first link was a reporter speaking, and we have no idea what Boston did or didn't do to fit him in, or if an offer was even made. It could very well be they looked at moving a d-man like Boychuck would see an awful return.

Regardless, concluding he turned down Boston to chase dollars seems like a real stretch at this point, especially coming from a Bruins fan clearly trying to spin it that way.

I don't think it's a real stretch, look at what Richards signed for and his term with Chicago? Chicago has cap issues also and Richards did his best to accomidate the Hawks to get a contract. Iginla could said I'll take less and a 1 year term to Charelli to make it work but he didn't.

"Jarome wants to stay and we're trying to find a spot for him, but we're both big boys; if we can't, we can't," Chiarelli said Friday morning. "Certainly we're both trying to work at it."

Chiarelli indicated he might have to make a trade to move some salary in order to offer Iginla a multi-year contract. He's not sure if he's willing to do that, but said he is getting a lot of attention from general managers around the League who are aware of his predicament.

The Bruins would have an easier time re-signing Iginla and keeping his salary-cap charge at a reduced rate if he was willing to agree to another one-year, bonus-laden contract. He was on a one-year, bonus-laden contract last season that carried a cap charge of $1.8 million, but he was eligible for $4.2 million in bonuses that were tacked on to Boston's 2014-15 salary cap.

Bonus-laden contracts are available to players who are 35 and older, but can only carry a term of one year. Iginla, who will turn 37 on July 1, will likely be able to get a multi-year contract with a higher salary-cap charge from another team that isn't under the same cap constraints as Boston.

http://www.nhl.com/ice/news.htm?id=724124