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Originally Posted by Huntingwhale
Iggy refusing to accept the Boston trade wasn't that much of a dick move when you think about it. At the time the universal consensus around here was that the most important piece coming back was that 1st round draft pick due to the depth of the draft. The Pens lost in the ECF, while the Bruins lost in the SCF. We got a better draft pick. I'm perfectly happy he went to Pittsburgh instead. So in hindsight:
-Iggy got traded to the team he wanted.
-Flames got a higher draft pick
Both sides won. I don't see how anyone can look back and complain about anything really. Sure he vetoed the trade to Boston. But using your legal right to your NTC is not a dick move. Doesn't matter if it's last second. It's part of a negotiated contract. You honor it, period. Doesn't matter the circumstances.
In the end, we moved up 1 spot to draft Klimchuk @ 28. The Pitts pick was Jason Dickinson @ 29. Now I have no idea how Dickinson is doing. But he's a C and we have an abundance of those.
If someone pulled a ''dick move'' that year, it was Kipper. Supposedly he refused a trade out of Calgary and clearly stated he wouldn't report at all if traded. He was dead set on staying in town. He had no NTC at the time. That was a dick move. Yet no one ever mentions that.
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LoL.
Iginla played hardball between Calgary losing him for nothing and trading him where he wanted to go.
Kipprusoff decided to stay with his wife and premature baby.
One of these things is not like the other.