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Originally Posted by Geeoff
The only reason for the Bruins moving Krejci in the first place would be for salary and Iginla makes $7 Million/year.
The Bruins are a top team in the league, so Krejci will have to return a young player that is already a good NHL'er if they don't want to fall in the standings. Kind of like how the Flyers got Jakub Voracek as part of the package for Jeff Carter and Wayne Simmonds for Mike Richards. Flames don't have a Voracek or Simmonds.
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Iginla is UFA at season's end. It's not as though they would necessarily be picking up salary for next season.
They have Marchard, Seguin and Lucic's new deals kicking in next year at 4.5, 5.75 and 6 million, respectively, will need to re-sign Rask (who is RFA) and Bergeron, who becomes a UFA the season afterwards. It might be nice to have a guy like Baertschi on an entry level deal who is currently getting his feet wet and would be surrounded by solid two way players in Boston. Moreover, they have Khokhlachev in the pipeline at C and if Calgary's pick this year is 4-7, they could draft a Barkov/Monahan/Lindholm.
Not saying I would do it, but to write off the idea of dealing from a position of organizational strength to add a top 10 RW, a top prospect who is current playing in the NHL and a likely top 5-10 pick for a player who is UFA in 2 seasons with a 5.25 million cap hit is probably undervaluing the pieces Calgary gives up in that deal. (Not that I am trying to undersell Krejci, the guy is a stud).