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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Come on man. Give Iginla some credit here. He's not an idiot. He knows what's going on in Calgary and what direction the team is heading. Things will only get more unsettled when Kipper retires. He's a proud man and would never say anything less in public than he wants to win a cup in Calgary but he knows that time has passed and he now has to decide if he truly wants to compete for a cup or if he wants to comfortably wind down his career at home. Most of Iginla's suitors will be in the Eastern Conference and that's a big move for Iginla and his family. I simply don't see him going to the highest bidder unless it's in a place he feels comfortable moving his family. It's possible Crosby and Lemieux can convince him but I don't see Iginla going to Washington, Buffalo, New Jersey or most of the Eastern teams that may show interest. The Kings would make a lot of sense but they would need to move out salary.
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I don't believe in your "content" theory, but i think you are correct that the trading list Iggy would supply won't be full of eastern teams. There will be one or two out east he would probably go to, but the other 2-3 will probably be western teams. I will get a lot of flak for this, but i could see Vancouver on the list of teams.