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Originally Posted by MrMike
A Harvey being untouchable led us to Iginla, so lets stick with that
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I know this is in relation to the suggestion the Flames wanted Todd Harvey but received Iginla from the Stars for Nieuwy, and found this article the other day which kind of dispels that rumour.
https://theathletic.com/1906473/2020...ever-happened/
It’s actually a great read in my opinion.
Edit: It’s not paywalled on my phone, so here are a couple of interesting tidbits:
As in any trade discussions, many options were brought up, including Todd Harvey, who had been the Stars’ first-round draft choice, ninth overall, two years earlier.
One of the great what-if’s for Stars fans is the belief that they could have traded Harvey instead of Iginla in the deal. Those there at the time disagree with that ever being a possibility.
Bob is a smart guy. If he could have kept Iginla, he would have,” Jackson said. “Harvey was negotiated and talked about, for sure. But when you are talking about getting a player like Joe, you have to give something pretty good to complete that deal.”
“When Al Coates says, ‘You better start talking about Jarome Iginla,’ well, now you start talking about other players — ‘Would this player and this player satisfy you?'” said Button, chuckling. “Al would get back to you, ‘Yeah, when we’re talking about a player like Nieuwendyk, our minds are pretty made up on a player like Jarome Iginla.’ So then you rewind.
“But Al and the Calgary Flames had a solid bead on Jarome Iginla. Try as we might to try to get them off of Jarome Iginla in many different ways … he knew how interested we were in Joe.”