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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Reading some of the Eastern media they agree the trade was under valued but feel there was no other option.
Pittsburgh and Boston knew they were the only players in the negotiations, and both have smart enough GM's to see that Iginla is not the player he was three years ago.
Trades are made on value to the team now, not the past name recognition. Fact of the matter is Iginla is a key contributor on one of the worst teams in the league, is fourth on that team in scoring, and if you look at advanced metrics has terrible underlying numbers.
Flames still should have received more but with only two teams involved the Flames just didn't have the bargaining power to get full value. Especially once it was made pretty official Iginla was being shopped. You can't shop him and then just say screw it we will keep him, not with Iginla.
The issue with the return is not Feaster's fault, it's that Iginla should have been traded two trade deadline's ago.
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Had Feaster waited another 6 days he may have squeezed out something else.
But the other way to look at it is if he waited and the Pens or Boston got Clowe then the need for Iginla diminishes a bit.
This is why NTC suck.
As MMF has said. I am glad it is done. Lets move on. This draft will be the most important and exciting in the team history.