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Originally Posted by EldrickOnIce
Yikes. ^This is crazy talk, friend.
Iginla held out once.
Iginla threatened to hold out a second time.
Might have Iginla threatened a third time? Very plausible
Did he? Who knows
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Threatened to do what? Screw himself over?
That's the argument. That is honestly the argument being made here. That Jarome Iginla was so set on going to Pittsburgh, and only Pittsburgh, that he not only lied when he gave a list of 4-5 teams as possibilities, but that he was willing to miss out on a playoff chance (at the age of 35 when he knows his career is entering its twilight) rather than play with a different top contender if the Flames didn't send him to the Pens.
Iggy looks out for #1, we all know that. But he's never been been considered duplicitous or dishonest. If Pittsburgh was literally his only choice, he would have literally given the Flames a list with one team. It was only after Pittsburgh produced an offer that the Flames found viable that he clamped down.