I don't know, I have a really hard time blaming anyone for the Iggy return.
Teams were paying to rent a 34 year old for two months who had a full NMC and had apparently given a list of 4 teams IIRC? Boston, Pittsburgh, LA and Chicago, and then even at the end he apparently changed his mind after Feaster had a deal done with Boston and forced the trade to Pittsburgh instead. Hard to get a good return in those conditions.
In hindsight they probably should have traded him a couple years sooner, but I bet that was being blocked by both ownership and Iginla himself.
The Boumweester trade though, yeah that was a pretty bad ball dropping.
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