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Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
Doesn't the NMC preclude him from waivers without his consent?
If I'm Glencross' agent (like Iginla's) I tell Treliving "here's the list, but my client will hold off on officially signing off on any deal until he sees his actual options". Treliving has next to no leverage.
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Yep, he for sure can do that. It would be his right.
However, let's take a look at how the Flames handled two very important pieces (who were both much more loved here) in the past:
Iginla: From everything I read, it seemed that Iginla was asked to provide a list of 4 teams that the Flames could then start negotiating from. Feaster seemed to be under the assumption that Iginla was willing to go to any of the 4. However, it seemed that the Flames didn't get Iginla to sign-off on that list, and seemed to give Iginla the benefit of the doubt. In the end, Iginla chose the team that he thought he would have the best chance with. Given his history on the Flames, and what he meant to the team - I can understand how it was handled.
Regehr: He was given simply one and only one option. He didn't even sign-off on any list, apparently. Flames announced the trade PRIOR to Regehr agreeing to it. I thought it was kind of a dirty tactic on Feaster's part, but it resulted in Regehr indeed going to the destination that the Flames desired.
I think the Flames were perhaps too accommodating with Iginla, and too hard with Regehr. Somewhere in the middle sounds about right and still being fair to Glencross - he has submitted his preferred destinations after-all. This is what should have happened with Iginla.
Ken King stated as much after the Iginla trade went down (something along the lines of "yes, we might have made a mistake" and "we should have gotten the sign-off" or something very similar)..