Not really relevant how Poirier develops, any contender would have traded their first if they had room for Bouwmeester, that was the starting piece for any trade, who we were going to draft is irrelevant really, at the time was a low first in a good draft.
You have to look what else we got; Reto Berra, What was his value worth individually? Better goalies have been traded for way less recently...His value at the time was a 4th or maybe a 3rd at the absolute most. Any Flames or Avalanche fan would tell you they made a huge mistake trading a 2nd for him so thats not really relevant either.
Cundari? Was undrafted and could have been had for a 5th or 6th probably. These guys weren't even ranked highly within their organization.
He played his was on Team Canada but it was obvious he was better under Hartley and although he was never going to be the guy, he would be great as a 1b and he has been. Always hear you can never really trade for a top pairing D man, but we gave one away.
The return was low for Iginla because he was a rental, and was supposed to be higher for Bouwmeester, but it wasn't and that's why Feaster is unemployed. Trading Iginla, Bouw, Tanguay etc was a good idea, but the return wasn't good enough.
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