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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
I think that's fair. He was still considered to be a good prospect, but not elite. But you rarely get elite guys in deals. Teams are too committed to them.
You see flawed guys get moved around - guys like David Rundblad - because teams aren't completely convinced they can hit their potential.
Esposito didn't turn into a junk prospect until his knees betrayed him.
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This is so true. No team is going to give up a sure-fire prospect for a rental. It just doesn't happen. You will always get the guys with question marks. Even Regehr at the time we traded Fleury was not a sure thing. It worked out for us thankfully, but for every situation like that, there is an Esposito, Grenier, Plante, Nilsson, O'Marra, and so on. I just hope the fans can accept in a few years that there is a big possibility that we will have nothing to show for trading Iginla. That is not a knock on Feaster or Iginla, but rather just the way it is in these situations. Here's hoping we can strike gold though...
There is the hope (or belief) that if we sweeten the pot, that we can get a tier 1 prospect back, but I don't see it.