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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Lesser players have fetched higher returns and while the 1st round picks are fine I have more of a beef with the mediocre prospects involved as neither the Penguins or Blues prospects were regarded as top 10 prospects in either pool and you can argue they just threw them in as a courtesy seeing they weren't part of those teams plans moving forward.
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Judging how Iginla played against the Bruins, do you think he warranted more of a return than the Penguins offered? Maybe Shero knew exactly what he was getting, and simply wasn't going to offer any more.
As for Bouwmeester, his contract made him hard to deal. It sounds like the Wings made a pitch, but it clearly wasn't a strong as the Blues pitch (it didn't include a first-rounder, and likely none of their top prospects).
When you've decided to move out a player to rebuild, and there are only three or four teams interested in him, you don't have much leverage. You try to play the suitors off against each other, but in the end they offer what they offer. Would you be happier if Feaster hung onto Bouwmeester and Iginla at the deadline because there were no good deals? I suspect you'd want Feaster's head for not moving them.