Waiting until the trade deadline is also a fools errand.
What if the player you want to move is hurt at the deadline and you had a deal on the table in February for the same player and didn't take it.
It all comes down to placing appropriate asset values onto players. Once a deal comes along that outdoes that valuation, you take it.
Flames can't afford to wait and see on a player like Iginla in hopes that some team steps up crazy in the final hour of the deadline.
If there is a good deal on the table between now and then you take it. Worst case scenario Iginla/Kipper are hurt at the deadline.
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