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Originally Posted by Lchoy
My 2 cents
From a purely assets management view, I agree. Iginla is a declining commodity and it would be worth it to trade up for the future. However, it's not as simple as that.
First off, Iggy can pretty much dictate where he wants to go with the NTC/NMC. Looking at return in investment, the return the Flames will be looking for is some combination of high draft picks, blue chip prospects, or immediate impact players. The problem is teams that can offer those are lower end, not close to winning ones. I don't think Iggy is keen to go to Columbus for instance. Even trading him to a contender is problematic as those teams have often lower draft picks (unless they include multiple picks for future years drafts), too close to the Cap to take on his contract, or cannot offer any immediate players back with out crippling their own chances for a championship run.
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Disagree here, if you look at what Detroit was willing to give up for Nash (Filppula etc.) i.e. giving up their core/future for a chance to win right now as the window is closing on them, I would think that they would be willing to do the same for Iginla. Though the return wouldn´t be as big as it was for Nash but anyway the point remains.