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Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan
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.
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Right. The arguments against the Iginla and Bouwmeester deals by (correct) long-term critics of the Flames are contradictory. For years, the argument has been that by waiting to rebuild, the value of the Flames' trade pieces would decline. And this was right! But now Feaster is an idiot for not getting premium prospects as well as 1st round picks for two months of a no-longer-elite 35-year-old with a NTC and a good-not-great defenseman with a $6.7 million cap hit next year? Please. I see no evidence that these trades weren't market value. To argue that Iginla et al. should have been dealt earlier is a separate question.