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Originally Posted by sylar
regardless of what you might feel about your wingers, there is zero doubt that he'd be playing harder minutes with weaker teammates in calgary than he did in pittsburg. also, he established career highs in pts/g and s% (shooting 50% in the playoffs? sustainable! lolfleury.) so, he might actually play better than he did last year and we'd still likely see a dropoff in production if he goes to calgary.
He'll face very similar competition in Calgary as he did in Pittsburgh, and I don't even know why you're bringing up linemates. Who do you think he's played with over the last few years?
Also, his PP time has generally consisted of being thrown out at the tail end of the powerplay with a couple grinders. I guarantee his PP production increases in Calgary - perhaps substantially so.
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i doubt shero wants to lose staal either, but that's a guy whose price tag is likely to keep going up throughout the year, so the longer he waits, the more expensive it becomes for the pens to keep him. i am not arguing that iginla is going to be better, but from a roster standpoint it might be the pens best available move.
That's hardly a given. Staal's value continues to rise if he continues to improve. If he regresses a bit from last year production wise, which is likely with a healthy Crosby in the picture, I could see his price tag going down before the end of the year. In other words, it's quite possible that his value now is the highest it's going to be before July 1, 2013.
Might is the keyword on that last sentence. Any time you entertain trading two similarly effective players there's always the possibility each team improves as a result. Except in this scenario, any improvement would undoubtedly be short term, as in one year.
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on the other hand, iginla would almost certainly need to sign an extension of some sort before agreeing to a trade, and his cap hit is at a ceiling. plus the flames need draft picks and prospects a lot more than teams that are already contenders, so that always helps to get these types of deals done.
I'm still waiting for Geddy to chime in on the discussion, but I just can't imagine Flames fans would rather have picks and prospects for Iggy than a player like Staal who they could build their team around for the next decade.