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Originally Posted by New Era
We got lowballed because there were a select number of teams to deal with and that list was trimmed down to one. Try getting a good deal on anything when you have one vendor to deal with. Iginla screwed the Flames over with his last second decision and the Flames were lucky to get the deal they did. Compare the deal the Flames got compared to what the Islanders got for Vanek. Or better yet, compare it to the deal Burke made for Cammalleri. That is what happens when you end up waiting until the last second. You risk limiting your options and getting screwed over.
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I'd like to weigh in on this as well. During that season Jay Bou was traded as well for a 1st, Cundari, and Reto Berra. IMO I would've rather taken Detroits offer of Tatar and Nyqvist. I felt that Feaster's demand for a first round draft pick overboard and ended up costing us the better deal. We got lowballed on the fact that Feaster wanted a 1st.
On the other hand Jason Pominville, in the same year, was traded for a first (higher than any of ones we had by trading Iggy or Jay Bou), a second, and Johan Larrson. There was a market for Jay Bou and Feaster got fleeced in the deal in comparison to what Buffalo got for Pominville. IMO his reputation played into the fact that he didn't fair too well in the deal. Berra for a second salvaged this deal for Feaster IMO.