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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
And I haven't seen a source that supports that claim.
Even if we were to accept it as true - when would such a statement have been made? Before being informed that there was a credible offer with Pittsburgh, or after?
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If he was willing to go to Boston, and Flames management wanted him to go to Boston, why didn't he go to Boston?
Answer: Because he did not want to go to Boston.
From that perspective, there IS no other option. Would Iginla have held out and left as a free agent? Maybe, maybe not. What's clear though is that he wasn't going to Boston and no one else was making a credible offer.
When Morrow was dealt, he was presented with what Dallas management felt were EQUAL returns, and he was free to pick where he wanted to go.
In the Iginla scenario, Calgary
clearly had a preference on where they wanted him to go and when presented to his agent, were told he wasn't going there.
If you can't see how easily Iginla and his agent leveraged Calgary into trading him to the destination he wanted, I don't think there's anything that will convince you.
You don't need a quote from his agent to see how this played out.
As for playing out the season in Calgary and when him and his agent would have informed the team of this, I'd say it was probably during the previous off season where they made it clear they were not interested in negotiating an extension and that Iginla was going to test free agency regardless.
Feaster/King/Edwards had at least a year, probably longer, to know that his bags were packed and he likely wasn't going to be back. They attempted a last ditch effort to convince him to stay (attempting to trade for O'Reilly) but none of it worked.