If anything, this should settle down the naysayers who claim that Feaster should have got more for Iginla and Bouwmeester. It now appears both trades were right about at market value for this trade deadline.
You can argue that the Flames should have been sellers earlier--in fact, I happen to agree. But now that they are, I find the meltdown over what our players are fetching a little hard to understand. This team is in 14th place for a reason: they aren't that good. They have some good pieces, and those will return (and are returning) some value. But the fact is, no team is giving you a first round pick AND a top prospect for anything currently on our roster.
As it stands, the Flames have (no matter what) four first-rounders in the next two drafts. That's not bad--especially since the Morrow and Roy trades are showing that many GMs consider 2013 draft picks highly valuable.
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