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Originally Posted by Tinordi
What do you think that has more to do with? Yzerman's dominant negotiating skills or the fact that St. Louis is a better player now than Iginla was then, that he is a much more attractive asset with another year left on his deal, and that this upcoming draft is considerably weaker than last year's?
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Sure, all of the above was true - but Iginla was arguably the biggest UFA trade bait last deadline, allowed the Flames to negotiate with 4 teams, and two rivals were trying to trade for him. It was still a sub-par return. Tampa made out like bandits considering St. Louis demanded a single team to be traded to.