04-04-2013, 03:52 PM
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Didn't see this anywhere.
http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/...iginla-681355/
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About a month into the season, Mr. Shero touched base with his Calgary counterpart, Jay Feaster, to let him know that if the Flames decided to trade Mr. Iginla, the Penguins would be interested in talking about it.
"You try to get on their radar," Mr. Shero said. "Say, 'By the way, if you ever do move this player, we'd certainly have interest, and can you keep us in mind?' And it just kind of goes from there."
He spoke to Mr. Feaster again at the general managers meeting in Toronto earlier this month, and said "it became more and more apparent that they were going" to look into dealing Mr. Iginla.
Because of his no-movement clause, Mr. Iginla had to approve any trade. That became critical after Boston -- according to Bruins general manager Peter Chiarelli -- worked out a deal around midday Wednesday for Mr. Iginla.
Mr. Feaster disputed that, but the bottom line was that Mr. Iginla got to decide for whom he would play, and he chose the Penguins.
"[For Mr. Iginla] to come here says a lot about the team we have here," Mr. Shero said.
Negotiations that eventually led to the trade began in earnest about 10 days ago, although it wasn't until earlier this week that Mr. Shero began to believe the Penguins had a real chance to land Mr. Iginla.
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A bit of detail on the timeline leading up to the deal as well.
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