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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Nilsson, O'Marra and Plante were all considered good prospects at the time though. It's just the nature of the beast.
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Yes... "good" ... not blue chipper.
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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
No team is going to give a sure-fire NHL star for a rental. The types of prospects that always end up in these deals are the type you get in the late 1st round or 2nd round (ie. the type that has like a 30% chance of being an impact NHLer.
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Likely wouldn't be a rental... bet Iginla re-signs. Could be, say, Iginla+conditional choice prospect (including Sven) based on whether they re-sign.
The Fleury deal had a choice prospect (Regehr/Tanguay/etc) which is quite close to this situation, except Iginla is better. Boston screwed up the Bourque trade. Marian Hossa, well depends how you viewed Angelo Esposito. A few deals here and there (Tkachuk, Blake, etc) but Iginla is better then all of them... the difference is historically, its star player for package of good prospects... and a lot of times it doesn't work out. This has to be something different, it has to be star player package for blue chipper. Never done before, but it can be argued that nobody of Iginla's ilk has been a rental before (other then Ray Bourque?). That Iginla+ could be Tyler Withorspoon, or Sieloff, or Ramage, or even a 1st round pick (not this year)... but we badly need a blue chipper.