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Originally Posted by dammage79
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.
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Let's assume all that is, in fact, an accurate speculation. Then we may be able to add one more - and perhaps more determinative piece of speculation: trading Iggy will likely cost the owners money.
The owners have shown that - so far - they are willing to be a cap team (or at least close enough). If we lose Iggy, no matter whom we get back, he or they will probably NOT be the face of the franchise going forward. At least not in the same way that Iggy has been. That, in and of itself, will cost the owners money.
Why? Not because of you and me and many of the other CPers -- we are (OK - I'm assuming again here) - knowledgeable about the Flames, hockey, the business issues of the NHL etc. and willing to see changes made. But the casual fan is not. They are the ones buying sweaters, consuming advertising etc etc. All of that puts money in the owners' pockets that they then spend on cap.
Sooner or later he has to go and the owners have to face that reality. Whether they are ready to do so as yet is anyone's guess.