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Originally Posted by AR_Six
This is a brutal, brutal trade. The Boston one was just as bad - if the first rounder hadn't been conditional, then it'd have been passable. But this one? A pick that will likely be 25th overall or worse, and two prospects who, if you're lucky, MIGHT play a role the NHL. You'd actually be doing pretty well if either one of them did. Why do this deal now? Was it going to go away if you waited until Wednesday and took the interim time to explore other options? I don't think so. Possibly drive the price up by another pick by delaying? It couldn't hurt to at least try.
This is just brutal for the biggest asset available at the deadline.
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I look at the otherside of the coin, by doing this deal now you get to have the time to trade other assets away instead of having to deal with the Iginla trade at the deadline. Plus there is no guarantee that teams would sit around and wait for Iginla, and then you lose him for nothing.