Reactions from Boston

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Milt Schmidt

Nope, I have heard of Philly baseball fans doing it at one point I think in the 90's but that's the only time I've heard of it happening.

Milt

I think its a soccer thing

[GGG]

Originally Posted by Vulcan

There are getting to be a lot of next times with this management team.

If King said that, he knows that there is a protocol to follow when dealing with NMC or NTC. What some media are saying is that you get your list of teams and submit the list to the league. With Jarome they didn't do this but took him at his word. If this is the case Jarome did a dick move by nixing the Boston deal.

The other scenario some of you are saying is that Iggy didn't give a final sign off on the listed teams but only listed his preferences. If this is the case than Feaster mislead Chiarelli as Chiarelli was under the impression that Feaster had the final say. In this case Feaster did a dick move.

The other case is Feaster was anxious to treat Iggy well and so let him go where he wanted to and screw Chiarelli. Who knows maybe by keeping the good relationship with Iggy, he'll re-sign with us this summer.

Morrow got to pick between pittsburgh and boston. He didnt pre waive his NMC. It appears that the player giving a preliminary list and then having the final say is typical for players with NMCs.

[aaronck]

I'm a Bruins fan, and was pretty psyched for a couple of hours to have Iggy on my team.
When I woke up and he was a Penguin I was not happy as I thought Iggy would've been a perfect fit, and could have resigned and taken Horton's spot. That being said, I hope the B's meet up with Iggy in the playoffs, and show him how he chose wrong. I also think Feaster is becoming a bit of an embarrassment....

[Goodlad]

Originally Posted by CalgaryFan1988

Just watched the Chiarelli presser. Props to him seems like a classy guy with a lot of respect for Iginla and Feaster.

I don't really get the "hard, firm" comments about the rumored first rounder though.... couldn't he just have said "there was no condition on the first". Makes that part of it all sound a little questionable IMO.

I said it in another thread, but I suspect it was a "conditional" 1st in line with the Kaberle trade, i.e. a 1st this year or next year, depending on how deep Boston goes in the playoffs. That would make it a "hard" or "firm" 1st, bit still be conditional.

If that is indeed the case I would prefer the Boston deal, but it's not hugely better.

[Milt Schmidt]

Originally Posted by Iggy3x

I was actually in Boston when this happened and was watching the Comcast coverage of it yesterday. They played clips of Chiarelli's presser and maybe it is the way they edited it, but it appears that Chiarelli was trying to say that the Flames/Iginla killed the deal last minute and they are comparing Iginla to Lebron when he moved from Cleveland to Miami (i.e. players are too selfish). They didn't play the part where Chiarelli said nice things about Feaster/Iggy. Maybe that's how they spun the coverage to get more fan reaction. I will need to watch the full presser to know the truth.

Absolutely, the media headlines, quotes, and sound bytes, make it look like there's a lot more anger than there is. A huge confrontation is a better story than the truth, and it's what fans seem to want to hear so they can continue be mad instead of accepting the situation. Grownups explaining a cluster*&% in a reasonable way while showing regret for the situation and respect for those involved is a lot less sexy than headlines that basically amount to 13 year old pointing and shouting FIGHT! FIGHT! FIGHT!

Milt