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Old 03-27-2013, 06:09 AM   #1569
Caged Great
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Originally Posted by joe_mullen View Post
Completely disagree. Not receiving any assets for him would be a disaster. This is not hyperbole. It would be another sign of how poorly this team is run. Any asset is better than no asset, that is the foundation good teams are built on. Iginla simply has no more value to this team, aside from sentimental value, which in this case should mean nothing. With that in mind, it is absolutely imperative the team receive something, anything, in return.

You also have to look at a hypothetical trade from this perspective

We lose Iginla

We get a Prospect/pick package and 7 million dollars in cap space.

I know that it's an indirect asset, but an asset nonetheless. With that cap space you can go out and sign a guy like Filpulla or Bozak or Stalberg or any of the other 2nd line calibre players out there and have space left over. That enables you to get additional assets even though it's not directly related.
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