For the Colorado Avalanche, moving veteran right wing Jarome Iginla couldn’t have been easy. He’s 39, and his production has declined. He’s in the midst of his worst season of his career. And he carries a $5 million cap hit, only $2.5 million of which could be retained.
Not only that, Iginla had a No Move Clause. So GM Joe Sakic couldn’t consider any teams without consulting Iginla. (Or his agent, anyway.) And he only wanted to go to a potentially contending team.
In other words, it probably took a lot of finagling to get Iginla sent anywhere.