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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Since we don't know the details of what other teams offered, it's impossible to make that assessment. IIRC, the Wings, for one, were not interested in moving a first round pick.
What does an Olympic gold medal in 2014 have to do with Bouwmeester's trade value in 2013? It might make you personally feel worse, but it's irrelevant to the matter of Bouwmeester's trade value at the time, and more importantly, the number of teams that were able to give up a 1st round pick and take his contract on.
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The valued return from Calgary's perspective for bouwmeester was predictable months before it happened.
There was no pressure to deal Bouwmeester as he still had a year left on his contract.
If the climate for a trade isn't what you want it to be and you're in no position of weakness in terms of pending free agency, you don't get to plead mulligan because some goofs on some goofy message board think he's a buyout candidate and you managed to get a 1st rounder (bare minimum return for players of Iginla nd Bouwmeester's stature) and some throwaways.
There was no pressure to trade Bouwmeester if you weren't going to get value. That they got a predictable return for Bouwmeester isn't a feather in Feaster's cap. It's one of the reasons he was fired.
You and I generally agree on a lot Cliff, but I think you're totally out to lunch here. Bouwmeester was a top pairing defender on all 30 teams in the NHL at the time he was traded, the only issue was a higher than desired cap hit.