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Originally Posted by 89revival
How did this team get Iggy? Traded Niuewendyk, they traded away a big talent and took a chance on a prospect, they improved the franchise by giving away a piece that was highly coveted at the time. In doing so they built towards getting to within one game of raising the Cup.
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Sorry to split hairs here, but the Iginla scenario is quite different than Nieuwendyks. The Flames' hands were tied with Niuewendyk. They couldn't afford him and I don't think they necessarily
wanted to move him......until he sat out the first half of the season. Nieuwendyk was less than 30, still in his prime, but he was holding out and
had to be traded.
The return at the time wasn't considered great, even though Iggy seemed a pretty hot prospect. It's been said Todd Harvey was who the Flames really wanted out of Dallas, but the Stars wouldn't budge and the Flames settled for Iginla.
Your point remains though and I pretty much agree.