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Originally Posted by Gaskal
What's ownership gonna do, whine to Gulutzan that Iginla's not being played to what he's being paid? Wideman's being paid $6 million this year and he sat multiple games.
Your argument holds some water if we're bringing someone on board longer term, but we're talking about a rental that's leaving as soon as the season ends.
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I expect they'd first ask GG what he'd do with Iginla, and when GG says "I'm not going to play a guy like that on the top 2 lines" they wouldn't make the trade.
Wideman is way different. His contract was signed with the expectation he'd be a top defenceman. He wasn't signed to over $5.5 to sit, and he wasn't played that way either. You can say the same about Stajan - he was signed to play a higher role than he is playing now. But they'd never make a trade for a $3M 4th liner.
You sign a big name rental to make an impact. What exactly do you think Iginla's role would be? He's 13th on his team in scoring. 3 goals, 7 points in 27 games. The Flames have 11 players with more goals. No regular forward has less. In fact, all but Stajan have more. Of the forwards who've played only Hathaway, Hamilton and Bouma have fewer, but they've played just over half the games that Iginla has. Versteeg has 4 goals in 19 games (to Iginla's 3 in 27). Brouwer and Frolik have 6, plus play better defence. Chaisson has 5, plays better defence.
Frankly, I wouldn't want to put Iginla in the position of being a marginal player on the Flames. It's not like Lanny's situation after years with the same team, culminating with a cup.