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Originally Posted by kyuss275
How many UFA veteran players were even remotley as good as Iggy a couple of seasons ago or at least had the type of hype that Iggy would get?
Even if we had traded him last summer he would have brought a lot more back than what he got at the deadline. Iggy had a bad year by his standards last year, and there was a lot of talk that he had lost a step. Iggy's stock dropped big time last year.
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I am not saying those ufas are just as good as iggy but they are likely cheaper than 7M also. Main thing is the ufas allow you to keep your prospects and picks in your own cupboard.
I haven't checked whether Boston, Pit etc had 7M cap space at the start of last year and all that. I would say that the long lockout and CBA uncertainty made it difficult for a lot of teams to do what they should have done in the fall. Then everything in January is rushed to get a 48 game season going.