[Trade] Iginla to the Pens for Agostino, Hanowski, 2013 1st

[JurassicTunga12]

How did we not get Mattaa or even Dumoulin? come on.

Still happy for Iggy, though. Cheering hard for the Pens in the playoffs!

[nik-]

Robert's gone full "Come at me bro!"

[rubecube]

Man, hate on Jim Rome all you want, but at least he cans idiots like this guy.

[StrykerSteve]

Originally Posted by calgarybornnraised

This guy on the Fan is hillarious.What a nut job.

Seriously. Makes me want to shut the radio off every time, lol.

[drPepper1]

I hope the next caller calls this guy a bangwagoner

[Hockey_Ninja]

Seriously who the hell was that on the fan?

[Ozy_Flame]

Originally Posted by Hesla

How about this view. Iginla has increased the value of the Calgary Flames over the past 15yrs. He has all the scoring records in Flames history and has done more for the community than 99.9% of the city. He earned the right to leave and try and win a cup.

That's fine. But as a lifelong Flames fan, I want to see the long-term longevity and success of the Flames hockey club rather than watch a guy fulfill his dream winning the Cup. This trade was catered to suit Iginla, and Iginla alone no matter how the butter is spread.

I wish Iggy the best, but this was not a trade that was in the best interest of the club, which is troubling at best to me.

[CSharp]

Originally Posted by Tinordi

Agostino is a hard working forward, has good skill, tough, protects puck well but he's small. Average speed. Projects as a 3L forward.

From twitter

Whole frickin Flames team is made of 3rd and 4th lines to play with Iggy. Smallish, what's new? So, yeah, he'd fit in well for the Flames.

[mikeecho]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

At least the Russian from Boston had potential to be a first line player, maybe he bottoms out as a 2nd liner. I will be shocked if either of these guys are 2nd liners.

An hour ago, his upside was as a second liner... Now he could have been a first liner?

[pylon]

Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame

Iginla chose Calgary's fate. I am with CaptainCrunch on this one. He has chosen to win a Cup but has burned our organization into the ground with two unstellar prospects and what is likely to be no more than essentially a very high 2nd rounder.

I'm happy for the individual, but not happy for the collective.

Welcome to the Dark Years, redux. It was only a few years ago we were the Division champions and regularly making the playoffs, even if we weren't winning them.

He earned that right. The boneheads that ran this team had 17 bloody years to get him a centre. And he took 2 hometown discounts that cost him 10-15 million over his career.

Flames can get bent right now.

[kirant]

Originally Posted by JurassicTunga12

How did we not get Mattaa or even Dumoulin? come on.

Still happy for Iggy, though. Cheering hard for the Pens in the playoffs!

Not sure the Pens were willing to surrender bigger players like that. I'm not convinced this is anything more than a big rental player to them. The offerings are likely going to be less.

Plus...after giving up Morrow, they're starting to have to consider that their blue chip bag of D prospects isn't limitless.

[DionTheDman]

Originally Posted by Hemi-Cuda

FTFY

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by Pizza

Finally, Iggy gets to play with a true #1 Centre

Now he doesnt have anymore excuses

Totally. It's been 16 years of excuses with that guy. He never lived up to his potential.

[VANFLAMESFAN]

Originally Posted by rubecube

Man, hate on Jim Rome all you want, but at least he cans idiots like this guy.

90 percent of radio hosts wouldn't let him go half the amount of time that Steinberg does.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by Young One

I say we should have gotten Bartkowski,

Bartschi + Jankowski = Bartkowski.

Mind=Blown

It's been done before.

Bork + Backlund= Bjorklund

= bust!

[etdpratt]

I have to admit, the return could have been a little better but finally we are going to see the inevitable happen (rebuild) and we all know Calgary isn't going to make the playoffs and without Iginla and hopefully a few other trades for draft picks, we will continue our downfall and have a shot at Mckinnon or Jones.

The only real beef I have is that management waited this long to act. As others have mentioned, 2 to 3 years ago we would have fetched a top prospect, a first round pick, and likely another good prospect or pick. Also, I don't feel that with a rebuild I want Feaster at the helm. This rebuild has to be done right or we could end up like the oilers or islanders.

As hard as it is to see Iginla go, he is in a better place and the flames have finally moved on from the "1 or 2 pieces away from a cup" attitude.

[transplant99]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

It's still up to Feaster and Co to get a better trade than what they got from Pitt.

Just curious as to how that was supposed to occur.

Im no feaster apologist, but I have no doubt that this return is about all there was gonna be with Iginla in the drivers seat....and i dont think the return is that bad all things considered.

[PeteLFan]

Wow what a swerve.

[Tinordi]

Originally Posted by pylon

He earned that right. The boneheads that ran this team had 17 bloody years to get him a centre. And he took 2 hometown discounts that cost him 10-15 million over his career.

Flames can get bent right now.

It's a stretch to say he took hometown discounts.

[Psytic]

The fact that the sticking point was the "conditional" first on the B's deal maybe the Flames do have some sort of hush hush re-sign with the Flames agreement going on. This would be a great trade then.