Proposal: Iginla to the Leafs

[Kamiccolo]

Trade:

Leafs:
Iggy 50% retained (~2.7AAV)

Colorado:
Matt Hunwik
Greening
Kaskisuo
Conditional 4th round pick on Leafs making the playoffs

Logic:

Colorado moves out from his deal, where he has clearly not been a fit. They move him in a deal for essentially contracts the Leafs would like to dump so they can sign some of their prospects to ELC's.

Leafs get some vet Leadership in the room. They are due for a rough 2nd half for a young team, and half a year from a vet like him will do wonders. Who knows he may refind his goal scoring ability with the Leafs.

He recently said he wanted to be in the playoffs, this gives him a chance and a team/reason to play in.

Contracts going to Colorado either expire this year, or give prospects in the similar vein as the Tor - NYI trade last year. Most likely busts but still to early to give up on them.

Gives Colorado some from to play youth in the top 6 as well for experience during their lost season.

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[Ivan13]

So we retain half of his salary, add on almost 3mil in additional salary for your garbage and for the effort get rewarded with a below average goalie prospect and maybe a 4th, while you get Iginla for virtually nothing, both in terms of salary and assets given up? Yeah, make sense.

Iginla's contract runs out this season as well.

 

[edguy]

I doubt Iggy waives for a bubble team. Probably only goes to a playoff lock like MTL or CHI

 

[93LEAFS]

This makes no sense for either side.

As someone who loved Iggy as a player and has his 2002 Salt Lake City jersey, the guy is done as anything more than a situational powerplay guy. He simply doesn't have the skating at this point to play in Babcock's up-tempo system, and I don't think we need a PP specialist we play on the 4th line.

As for Colorado, there is nothing they really want in this deal. I'm sure someone will give them more than a conditional 4th to employ Iggy as a 4th line/PP specialist, this team isn't Toronto.

 

[Kamiccolo]

So we retain half of his salary, add on almost 3mil in additional salary for your garbage and for the effort get rewarded with a below average goalie prospect and maybe a 4th, while you get Iginla for virtually nothing, both in terms of salary and assets given up? Yeah, make sense.

Iginla's contract runs out this season as well.

Right, I thought it was established he had no value? Only reason for retention was for cap reasons. We can take it off and add another contract to even it out if we need to.

 

[Bubba Thudd]

Adding Iginla *might* help the Leafs in some way.

But what comes back to Colorado doesn't help at all.

Easy NO.

 

[JoemAvs]

Right, I thought it was established he had no value? Only reason for retention was for cap reasons. We can take it off and add another contract to even it out if we need to.

He doesn't have much value.

But if you want us to retain 50 %, you better cough up a mid-round pick for our troubles.

If we have to take on salaray as well, I would want a 3rd at the least but that might be me being too greedy.

There is a decent chance that Iggy still has one final "run" in him. He clearly has checked out a long time ago. Probably right around when Roy quit in August....

He still should be pretty useful on the 2nd PP unit for some team that is missing a guy with a great shot back there.

Add the usual veteran leadership and experience garbage and the Avs should get a better deal than the one offered in here.

 

[tucker3434]

Simplify. Here's the deal:

Iginla at 50% retained (which means the team only has to fit about $700k under the cap by the time the deadline rolls around) for a 2nd or 3rd rounder.

 

[Ivan13]

Right, I thought it was established he had no value? Only reason for retention was for cap reasons. We can take it off and add another contract to even it out if we need to.

Some dummy will pay a 4th just based on his name. Your offer does nothing for us, in fact it hurts us because we don't shed any salary and are instead adding it, and we are adding two additional contracts limiting our flexibility if a possible larger deal comes along. I'd rather take a 7th than that, or just keep Iginla.

 

[ACC1224]

Neither team would care to do this

 

[Liferleafer]

Why the Hell do the Leafs trade for Iginla? Is he a RHD now?

 

[Bone Breaker]

forget everything else, just give us a 3rd for Iginla (50% retained).




and no, I mean NO to HunnyBunny on the Avs again.

 

[7even]

Simplify. Here's the deal:

Iginla at 50% retained (which means the team only has to fit about $700k under the cap by the time the deadline rolls around) for a 2nd or 3rd rounder.

A 2nd or 3rd? For what, 10 points down the stretch? There's useless, and then there's 2017 Jarome Iginla.

 

[Ciao]

I guess one of the tricks to making a trade is to trade for something you actually want.

The Leafs don't want Iginla, and Colorado isn't remotely interested in even one element of that package.

No.

 

[tucker3434]

A 2nd or 3rd? For what, 10 points down the stretch? There's useless, and then there's 2017 Jarome Iginla.

We've definitely seen 2nds thrown around at the deadline for less. A team looking for a cup doesn't care much about a pick in the 50's or 80's.

For a 2nd, I'd expect the Avs to take an expiring contract back.

 

[Guido Sarducci]

The Flames got nothing for Iginla three years ago when he was still a 30 goal guy.

If the Avalanche want to trade him they had better be willing to move him for next to nothing with retained salary.

This is what the Flames have to show for Iginla

Agostino..........2gp -2
Hanowski........16gp 1g 2a -2

The Flames let both walk, and still have Morgan Klimchuk in their system. yay

If that doesn't put the Avs over their contract limit AND Iginla is willing to go they should take it and run.

 

[SprDaVE]

Waste of time for both teams.

 

[Omac13]

Trade:

Leafs:
Iggy 50% retained (~2.7AAV)

Colorado:
Matt Hunwik
Greening
Kaskisuo
Conditional 4th round pick on Leafs making the playoffs

Logic:

Colorado moves out from his deal, where he has clearly not been a fit. They move him in a deal for essentially contracts the Leafs would like to dump so they can sign some of their prospects to ELC's.

Leafs get some vet Leadership in the room. They are due for a rough 2nd half for a young team, and half a year from a vet like him will do wonders. Who knows he may refind his goal scoring ability with the Leafs.

He recently said he wanted to be in the playoffs, this gives him a chance and a team/reason to play in.

Contracts going to Colorado either expire this year, or give prospects in the similar vein as the Tor - NYI trade last year. Most likely busts but still to early to give up on them.

Gives Colorado some from to play youth in the top 6 as well for experience during their lost season.

As a die hard leafs fan I love everything about Iggy for this club. He battles hard still, brings leadership to a group of young players and will stick up for his teammates if needed. Perfect guy for this team However....... Its not the right timing for the leafs to go after a guy like Iggy nor would I think Iggy would want to come to Toronto at this point.

I see Iggy going to MTL, Minny , Chi some team like that

 

[Leon Lucius Black]

Iginla would probably rather just stay in Colorado and miss the playoffs than move to Toronto and miss the playoffs.

 

[Ivan13]

As a die hard leafs fan I love everything about Iggy for this club. He battles hard still, brings leadership to a group of young players and will stick up for his teammates if needed. Perfect guy for this team However....... Its not the right timing for the leafs to go after a guy like Iggy nor would I think Iggy would want to come to Toronto at this point.

I see Iggy going to MTL, Minny , Chi some team like that

You sure didn't saw him play the last couple of years. He is the epitome of a floater. A handful of games ago he was -5 in 8mins of ice time, some of it being on the PP.

 

[showtime8]

Do Colorado fans want picks or NHL ready prospects within the next year or 2?

 

[AINEC*]

Hey are you interested in trading that bag of garbage you're holding? I'll trade you my bag of garbage.

 

[Commander Clueless]

Iginla isn't at the bottom of players I'd want the Leafs to target for a trade, but he's close.

 

[TheProspector]

The Leafs have close to the best forward group in the league. Why on earth would they want a downgrade, and make them even weaker on defence (Hunwick)?

 

[Man Bear Pig]

I doubt the Avs want our crap. I also doubt we want there's. They likely get a pick straight up for Iginla without taking any salary on. Makes no sense.