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Originally Posted by moon
The returns they would have got for Iginla and others would definitely put them ahead. The higher draft picks from having a bottom team would have them farther ahead. Not having terrible deals for guys that bring nothing like Hudler and Wideman would have them farther ahead. And most importantly since Feaster said he would not be the guy for the rebuild having a competent (or at least better than Feaster and his merry band of idiots) hockey staff in place would have this team much farther ahead.
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A bottom team would not want Iginla. He would not have gone. What are the chances that a non-playoff teams makes an offer for Cammalleri?
It would have been interesting to see behind the scenes how Regher was enticed to move to Buffalo. Buffalo finished with 96 pts the season before the Regher trade and the Flames 94. The Sabres had cap space and an owner willing to spend 3M to dump Kotalik and the Flames had Bouwmeester and Iginla.
The return for Iginla a few years ago (43 goals) , using basic mathematics , would have had to include salary coming back. The very best rumored return would have been Mike Richards and a salary dump from LA.
The Flames couldn't have gotten Cammalleri without Bourque and his 3.3 M / year going the other way. At the time CP was happy because they thought Bourque had no value and would be a buy-out candidate.
We have gotten so used to Bouwmeester's near 7M anchor we fail to see what other teams expect from 7M players.
I totally agree that the Flames had cap burning a hole in their pocket when they signed Hudler. Wideman was a better cheaper Bouwmeester replacement.