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Originally Posted by moon
Iginla would have way more value than that because teams bringing him in aren't going to ask him to play with B grade talent and to be the main (sometimes only) source of offense for the team.
Put Iginla on a team like LA, Pittsburgh, Philly, Boston and he isn't a goalslumping twilight years Iginla but a great scoring winger that finishes chance created by players like Giroux, Crosby, Richards and Seguin. His value to a team that doesn't expect him to get the puck, create the scoring chance, score, fight, hit, lead, pass, kiss babies, play defense, coach the team etc. would be much better than it is here.
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This, exactly.
I am not sure why people have a tough time with this concept - to a contender, Iginla isn't worth what he is doing for the Flames, he is worth what he would add to
that team.
And Iginla, on a cup contender, used properly with good talent, and thus motivated, would still be an extremely valuable and useful asset. The good Iginla is a playoff monster.
GMs that might be considering adding him to their team don't care that he is in a slump and the Flames are playing poorly, they care what he would look like on their roster.