Personal draft philosophy: don't draft defensemen in round 1 if you can help it. Don't draft by position. Current ability is infinitely more valuable than potential. Size is secondary to ability. Skating is the most important attribute.
Someone else can take Jones. Flames should take Mackinnon or Drouin.
As for trades and what Kiprusoff and Iginla are worth, if nothing else they're worth a first round pick plus... something. If you can get a first round pick out of each of them, you're laughing. A top 5 pick and two mid-first rounders, maybe a good prospect in return to boot, would basically be an instant rebuild of the franchise.
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