Chia's presser will air live on NESN in 10 minutes.
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Chia's presser will air live on NESN in 10 minutes.
Chia's presser will air live on NESN in 10 minutes.
Chia's presser will air live on NESN in 10 minutes.
Chia's presser will air live on NESN in 10 minutes.
Yup, only question is who did it: Iginla or Feaster? I'm thinking it was Iginla just based on McKenzie's report and I have a hard time believing Feaster could be THAT dumb to just completely ruin a relationship with Chia and his associates while still getting ***** in the butt in his trade with PIT.Yeah, I place zero blame on Chia for this one. He cut a fair deal and started physically moving players in good faith. If they wanted more and weren't happy with the haul, Chia would have had another shot at improving the give side. This was not a real negotiation. Totally snowed our boy.
Yeah, I place zero blame on Chia for this one. He cut a fair deal and started physically moving players in good faith. If they wanted more and weren't happy with the haul, Chia would have had another shot at improving the give side. This was not a real negotiation. Totally snowed our boy.
Someone please liveblog this.
Flames take a worse deal to send Iggy where he want's to go. Bad move for Business but I guess it's a class move for the guy who was the heart of their team for years.
Now I am going to be in a bad mood all day.
The Pittsburgh deal had a legitimate 1st rounder in it, not conditional, I think that put the offer above in Calgary's eyes.
Chia looks like he was crying. Was he crying?
Feaster told Chia that they had won the "sweepstakes" for the player. They had a deal in place, but Feaster informed Chia that they were going to give Iginla "some space" with it out of respect for him. Calgary preferred Boston's offer, based on the prospects involved most likely. The conditional part of the 1st was Iginla re-signing with Boston. It was reported that he wanted to re-sing wherever he went, so I think that would have worked out. This was not Calgary, this was Iginla. If Iginla was not going to accept a trade to Boston if they offered the best deal, then they should never have been on the the list. It never should have gotten as far as it did.
edit: In other news, I'm over this...moving on. Let's go Bruins! Let's go Bruins! Let's go Bruins!
Chia looks like he was crying. Was he crying?
Not returning a call after 5 pm is negiotiating in bad faith, as well as not being allowed to talk to the player...who knows if Chia could have convinced him? Or Neely? The answer is that Calgary knew around 2 pm that Iginla only wanted Pittsburgh and allowed everything to leak out so that the Pens would up their offer. In the end Shero probably said something to the effect of let Boston have him...
The Pittsburgh deal had a legitimate 1st rounder in it, not conditional, I think that put the offer above in Calgary's eyes.
Not returning a call after 5 pm is negiotiating in bad faith, as well as not being allowed to talk to the player...who knows if Chia could have convinced him? Or Neely? The answer is that Calgary knew around 2 pm that Iginla only wanted Pittsburgh and allowed everything to leak out so that the Pens would up their offer. In the end Shero probably said something to the effect of let Boston have him...
Was the conditional first that the Bruins offered 2013 or 2014? I ask this because if it is conditional on Iginla re-signing, then it would be 2014, no?