[$ven27]

Originally Posted by Ned Braden

And a pony. And Crosby and Malkin. And a date to the Oscars with Jennifer Lawrence.

Again, anybody who thinks that teams are lining up to give up premium young talent and high draft picks for two months of a no-longer-elite forward with a NTC and a merely good defenseman with a cap hit comparable to Zdeno Chara's is completely delusional. You can argue that someone could have gotten marginally more, but the return on both deals was entirely reasonable.

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Originally Posted by $ven27

All I'm saying is that if we're dealing our franchise player and #1Dman, we should be getting at least a B level prospect for both Iggy and Jay.