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Originally Posted by Teroy
Fed up with hearing Iginla say "we didn't play well. Didn't have any jump. etc. erc. etc." He's done nothing. Time to pick a new Captain. Can't trade him, he's not worth anything.
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What do you expect him to say? They did not play well. They did not play with jump. The team was not there last night.
He has done nothing? Nothing? Bit of an exaggeration wouldn't you say? He didn't play well last night, and he's been slow to start the season, but it's hard to argue that hasn't been ramping up his game the last few outings.
Who exactly would you pick as our new skip? Who on the team deserves it right now? Kipper? He's about the only one. No one else is captain material yet. Bouwmeester sure isn't. Tanguay? Gio? They make a decent supporting cast, but not captains.
We can't trade Jarome Iginla. We can't trade him because he isn't worth anything. Really? Not one little thing? A team wouldn't take a flyer on him and send a 7th rounder? Might as well just give him to the Canucks then. While we are at it why don't we pay his salary too? Think a team might take him then? Probably not, so why don't we pay his next contract too? Or how about we use our one buyout and send him packing? No point having him on the roster.
Give your head a damn shake. Yeah, we didn't show up last night. We were down right atrocious. We absolutely schooled Chicago and lost because of one bad defensive play and a whole lot of bad luck. We thoroughly thumped Detroit. In Detroit... Statistically we are brutal against Columbus and look at that we pulled out a win. 4 points out of a possible 6 is pretty damn good for a road trip against teams we are usually very bad against.
Some people really need to stop running the bath and getting the toaster ready. How about we see where we are at a few days before deadline and assess from there. Is it possible we could very well be in the mix for a playoff spot? Hell yes it is. Is it possible we could be almost entirely out by then too? It most certainly is possible. We have 3 weeks less a day or so until deadline day. Lots of time to figure out where we are at.