players like him tend to break down a little earlier than most. i think iginla could still put up dynamite numbers playing alongside a top notch set up man. i don't know if he still has it in him to be a team's primary generator of offense. he has lost a step and quickness has always been a huge element of his game.
don't get me wrong -- i'd love to see him wearing the blue and white -- but i don't know if the leafs are in a position to surrender the assets he would be sure to cost them.
besides, considering how widely he has been panned for gifting phaneuf to burke i think it'll be a long, long time before sutter makes another deal with burke. of course, crazier things -- ie, sutter trading for toskala -- have happened, but i think a trade with the leafs is unlikely.
hell, do the leafs even have the pieces to tempt calgary to strike a deal? iginla isn't going to come cheap. he means too much to that organization, and sutter will be under heavy artillery if he moves him. it'll have to be for a worthwhile package. if iginla is moved it won't be like the phaneuf or heatley trades, calgary will either be getting a top five draft pick or a budding young star.
i'm not sure if the leafs could get a trade for him done without putting kadri or schenn into play. and i wouldn't make that deal. i don't think that burke would, either.
