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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Not that I am advocating or even hoping for Iginla staying, but him staying and re-signing here won't mean that the Flames are building around him. I don't think Feaster has 'built around' Iginla for the last 2 seasons. The Flames haven't been trying to get a #1 center to play with him, they are not trading away future pieces for vets. They seem to have been employing a strategy of building for the future (taking Jankowski for the 'home run' who needs a few years of development at least over selecting another player that could help sooner was a great example of this).
Either way, the Flames are building towards the future, and adding pieces that should be around by the time they hope to be finished. All their FA acquisitions have been in the mid to late 20's, and there is an emphasis on drafting in this organization. Jarome staying doesn't mean that the team will not rebuild, or that they will build around Iginla - merely they will just continue to do what they are doing with an aim of staying competitive and building for the future.
I do think that in the end, Feaster will accept the best trade on the table a couple of days before the deadline if nobody offers him what his asking price is. What I wonder is how many other players are going to be moved, and if they are concentrating on moving out Iginla first, as a way of saying to the rest of the players with NTCs/NMCs that "We traded your captain, and you guys should think about going too." or something similar. It just doesn't make much sense if they are ONLY trading Jarome, in my opinion (though I really don't think they are going to 'burn it to the ground'.
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Agreed, they are so far in the hole, prospect wise, and minimally 2 or 3 years late to the party from a retool or rebuild viewpoint, they almost have no choice but to move out as many post 27 year old players as possible.
They will be of little use when the team becomes respectable again.
Make no mistake. This will be a long and arduous process. The sooner it gets put in motion, at top speed, the better.