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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. Any of us here would force a signee to honour their end of a signed contract, even if it appeared to be a dick move. Happens all the time in real life.
In the end, we moved up 1 spot to draft Klimchuk @ 28 with the Pens pick. The Bruins 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. Those of you who follow Dickinson, would you be happier with that pick? Where would he be on our depth chart?
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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I would say a "dick move" would be what Sundin pulled in Toronto or what Peca did all his career. What Kipper did, now, that was awesome since I'd hate to see him in a Leaf's uniform. If Kipper said that he was going to retire after that one season and if he was asked to be traded, why even bother going to another team and not even show up? He retired as a Flames, which is cool in itself.