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Originally Posted by Roof-Daddy
I could definitely see the higher ups (King and ownership) still being sour with Iginla from the trade.
I think they took it on good faith when they asked him if he'd waive his NMC and he said he would for LA, Chicago, Pittsburgh and Boston. They get a deal they like done with Boston only to have him basically narrow his list down to only Pittsburgh at the last minute. Made the Flames organization look pretty bad. Especially since the trade to Boston had already been leaked.
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If this is the rationale, I really don't get it. Maybe at the time the Pittsburgh deal seemed worse, but is 29th+Khoklachev+Bartkowski (who ended up here anyway, mind you) really any different than 28th+Hanowski+Agostino?
They were both stinky deals because management waited too long (and, you know, Feaster had no idea how to negotiate a trade). No harm at all was done to the franchise as a result of Iginla nixing the Boston deal. If fans can accept this and move on I have to think management would as well.