The Ultimate thing that can happen this year is we trade Iggy for a very solid return (1st+prospect) and he goes on to win the cup and comes back in the summer to a nice retirement contract (same deal Tanguay currently has). On top of that he has a new mindset after seeing what it takes to win in today's NHL and he plays a slightly different game and focuses on different things than having to be the go to offensive weapon. Doubt it happens but it would be nice
At the end of the day the time to trade Iggy was always late 2010/early 2011. The team just failed to make the playoffs and was trending towards beinga bottom feeder which resulted in Sutter being let go. The rumors around that time were Schenn + Simmonds + for Iggy. That deal would have set the Flames up quite nicely for the future however there is no way we get a return like that today. On top of that I think the chances that Iggy comes back this summer after 2.5 seasons in LA would be pretty high. In my opinion that was the perfect time for the player and organization to part ways.
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