Gilmour. Gilmour. Gilmour. At least the Phaneuf trade got us several years of a heart and soul checking centre in Matt Stajan. Gilmour couldn't even get us that.
Iginla was not a bad trade. He was a 36 year old pending UFA. We got a first rounder and a couple lower tier prospects for him. Even if he hadn't scuppered the trade to Boston, we still would have only ended up with a first rounder, one lower tier prospect, and 6-7 defenseman, which is only marginally better. The fact is, the Flames should have realized by the 2011 trade deadline that they weren't going to win anything with their aging core and started moving pieces out. The real failure with the Iginla trade that if he'd been traded a year or two sooner, the return probably would have been much better. And in any event, the odds of whoever they got for Iginla having a comparable career to him are virtually nil. Iggy was a rare talent. In fact the trade the brought him here is the only example I can think of where two future 500+ goal scorers were traded for each other.
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