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Originally Posted by powderjunkie
You're right, only 57 other posters were interested in the thread before you got here 
So many people talk like they KNOW what happened, when it's all speculation.
It seems more plausible to me that Feaster told Iggy about both trades, but that they preferred the return from Boston. And even then we don't know exactly how this was presented. Iggy made the decision he felt was best for himself, and his chances of winning a cup. A lot of people would slag a guy for not doing his absolute best to win (though I acknowledge the margin between Boston and Pitt was pretty narrow).
Iginla didn't owe the Flames anything based on the contract both parties signed. There are two possible scenarios that got them to the situation: Iginla insisted he would have final say right before officially waiving, as a condition for waiving at all, or Feaster just didn't think things through well enough when not getting it in writing sooner.
We might not have liked it, but no one could have blamed Iggy for wanting to stay here with his family and waiting until the summer to make his move. It's happened before; see Sundin, Mats.
The Boston players being told anything before the ink was dry speaks to Chiarelli's incompetence, and Feaster's to some extent too for telling him it was a done deal before it was. |
I have it from a very reliable source close to the situation at the time, so I'm pretty confident this is how it played out.
And you're right, this isn't all on Iggy...but he's as culpable as anyone else here.