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Originally Posted by Vinny01
I find it hard to believe Iginla did not have significant value during or after his 33 year old season when he scored 43 and 86. With 2 years left on his deal at that point he would have commanded the rumored LA package of Schenn and Simmonds.
The Flames organization believed they were so close to pushing for a playoff spot and having a goalie like Kipper could result in a long playoff run. Feaster retained Tanguay long term, made his big trade for Cammy, and tried hard to land Turris. The Flames had their best opportunity to blow it up midway through the 2010/2011 season. They had valuable trade chips, a brand new GM, and a team that was trending towards a bottom 5 finish until they hit an easy part of the schedule and won a ton of games to put themselves back in the mix.
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I don't know if the flames would have been worse then Edmonton, Florida, and Colorado. Would they be much farther ahead with Strome or the players drafted after the three really bad teams? That draft year and the one after were pretty poor drafts. I don't know if the Flames would be much farther ahead if they blew things up that year.