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Originally Posted by dino7c
Trading Iginla for a late 1st does nothing for this franchise
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It changes the dynamic of this team for better or for worse. And something that is more likely needed than anything else.
I am personally not on either side of the fence when it comes to trading Iginla but what I do know is that everything about the Flames in the last three to five years has become stale and stagnant. They've gone through coaches, Gm's and plenty of different player combinations and even tried regurgitating past success in Tanguay and Cammy and Conroy.
What rewards has that brought the organization on the ice? A winning product? Not really as we are heading into our worst finish in the standings since Iginla came to CGY and out of the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year. Everything about the on ice product has been built around Iggy with not a lot of success.
So the argument I guess is that changing Iginla leads to a difference in fundamental philosophy within the organization. And it wouldn't matter what the return is as long as the team has a chance to move on and build success around the team as a whole or around another potential Franchise player.