The Flames did ask for Iginla's input and originally he expressed that he was open to either Boston or Pitt. Then when they brought the options to him - he said Pitt only.
You can say that the failure was perhaps not getting that stuff in writing, but I don't know that it changes the outcome at all.
And the Boston deal ended up being no better.
I've always felt the mistake that deadline was not how they handled Iginla (the mistake there was not trading him at least 1 year prior) but rather getting tunnel vision to trade Bouwmeester who had term remaining. If that deal was the best they could get for Bouw (1st + two very meh prospects) then they should have kept him and tried to get more the next deadline.
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