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Originally Posted by Jay Random
Since winning the Stanley Cup, Carolina has missed the playoffs six years out of seven. If Iginla wanted to go to a contender, they would be one of the last teams on his list.
Washington is at least a regular playoff team, but what makes you think they would want to spend $7 million a year on another elite winger? If it's the summer of 2011 you're talking about, they already had Ovechkin with a cap hit of $9.5 million and Semin at 6.7. The Caps had no use for Iginla, unless they were crazy enough to trade Semin for him straight up — bearing in mind that Semin is 7 years younger.
It really is very rare, since the cap came in, for a star player with a big cap hit to be traded with multiple years left on his contract — at any time of year.
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Its rare for a star player be traded with multiple years left because they are a star that can help the team that they are on.
As for Carolina they had made a splash in the summer and most thought they would make the playoffs. St. Louis last summer had some hype to do some damage this year. There are always more teams in the summer in the hype machine.
Also Pitt would have probably payed more last summer than they did at the deadline.