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Originally Posted by MattyC
Hossa, Campbell, Sharp, even Huet
While Sharp didn't really breakout until joining the Hawks, the other players mentioned were all veteren players with lots of playoff experience. Even guys like Boyton and Sopel, while not the producers the others are/were, were likely good additions to a locker room full of young kids.
Leadership is important, and sometimes teams luck out with young captains like Toews and Crosby, but it's very rare. Often times these young players are under 20 making millions of dollars living in big cities far from their families, they need guidance whether it be a coach or players who have gone through the grind over and over.
I'm not saying they have to play significant roles statistics wise (which plays to your point that they can be easy to acquire, they can sometimes), but it's a bonus if you can have a guy who is by all accounts great in the locker room and a hard worker and happens to put the puck in the net too.
Cammy makes too much dough right now, but I would definitely not be adverse to re-signing him at a lower rate if he wanted to be here. People may argue that he doesn't want to, but theyre just talking out of their asses.
Do you think Conroy had a positive impact on Iginla's growth? I would bet good money that Iginla would say yes.
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Wouldn't saying he might want to be a leader on the team and re-sign also be "talking out of their asses"?
For me i am going by past interviews of Cammi, Feaster and past veteran players that have been in the same situation. I have heard neither side even mention "re-sign".
Normally when a trade rumour comes up on a player a GM will throw water on the fire, and say something like we could go many ways with said player. We might look into trading him or we might try and re-sign him. I don't remember Feaster doing that before the draft when asked about Cammi? What i do remember is him saying they have had no calls on him yet, but they know his #, and to give him a call. It sounded like they were quite open to trade Cammi if something came up that made sense. I aslo don't think its a far stretch of the imagination to think Cammi behind closed doors asked Feaster to look into a trade if it made sense for the team.