With the continued loom of the Iginla saga, the Flames must see that a deal in the near future is still likely, and have picked themselves up a replacement franchise player in Evgeni Malkin.
"There's not many sure things, but this kid is just that. He is a sure thing," Flames GM Jamie Hoover boldly stated to the press in a press conference held earlier today.
"Malkin is one of those rare prospects. He'd of gone first any other year. I think we'll definetly see some scoring races between himself and Ovechkin in the future, as well as some Stanley Cup races between the two," Flames head scout told the media.
After much praise from the Flames about Malkin, the reporters inevidently turned over to Iginla, and the question came up, "So is Malkin the replacement franchise player for Iginla?"
"We can't compare the two," Hoover stated, "Malkin has the potential to be so much more than Iginla is. We brought Malkin here to win the cup here. I mean Jarome is a good player and all, but Malkin can't be called his replacement. Just two differant players."
"So is Iginla dealt then or not?" one reporter continued.
"Well," the Flames main man starts, "it's been resubmitted to the league office for approval."
"Can you tell us who's involved sir?"
"Sorry, no I can't."
And that was the end of the press conference as he stood up, waved to the media and walked off.