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Originally Posted by Loyal and True
What sad attempt to bully and you still don't care to understand what the argument is. Anybody would like Iginla but if you are a cup contender in a cap system, it is almost impossible to fit him in at 7M x 3 years. You have got to lose some other quality players in the lineup, so how much more does the team pay in futures and prospects? Especially when the ufa market has an annual crop of 30ish forwards with 30ish goal seasons who can be signed for less than 7M and you don't have to give up any long term assets?
You seem to need to pat yourself on the back for making some obvious correct statements in a previous post. The sooner you start rebuilding, the sooner you get to the middle of the rebuild. No. Kidding.
In 2011 they traded Regehr and Langkow for younger players, and they stopped being significant buyers at the deadlines. So there is an obvious transition at the time but Feaster is publicly talking about the playoffs and the 2nd half surge yada yada. Now that Iginla's contract was expiring and J Bouw's almost done, they could finally do the deals and publicly acknowledge an obvious rebuild.
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Other than 2009 when were the Flames really big buyers at the deadline? Feaster made his big Cammalleri trade in 2012 which was as big as any in season trade that Sutter made when he was GM outside the 09 deadline.
I think Iggy was easliy movable in the 2010/2011 season and the Kings might have been a team that there would be mutual interest. The Kings had the same core that won the cup outside of Richards and Carter and had the cap space to take on the contract. They were also a team that was trending upwards at the time. That whole season there was a Schenn+ for Iggy+ rumor until the Flames went on their run.