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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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This makes absolutely no sense.
Explore what other options? Iginla had final say on where he went, the teams he reportedly was willing to go to played their hands and he decided he wanted to go to Pittsburgh.
They had no leverage from which to deal. You know enough to know what happens to someone in that position.