element1286
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They were deadline deals, but not the 'giant splash' ones. Hossa deal was... remember? How great that was, and so-on and so-forth. Kovalchuk to the Devils was huge.
I guess my point was...these super-star trades rarely equal the hype that they create in the long run. Hell, Dupuis went from the throw-in roster player to the best part of that Hossa trade.
And again, I have always loved Iginla. I'm glad he's here and I hope it works. I just hope they haven't added to many high performance parts to the engine of the race car.
I would say Kunitz to the Pens and Carter to the Kings were bigger deals in how they impacted the team, Ryan Whitney and Jack Johnson went the other ways. The Pens gave up zero roster players for Iginla.
Hossa worked out well, they made the finals after getting destroyed the year earlier. They don't make the Finals that year, they probably don't win the next year.