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Originally Posted by dissentowner
Because Fleury was more skilled easy. Look how many more games it took Iginla to reach Fleury's numbers. If Theo had not left Calgary and not become unglued Iggy would not have gotten remotely close to his totals.
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Everyone and their dog were scoring 40 or 50 goals in Fleury's era. Not to mention, Fleury had a tonne of talent surrounding him until the last couple years. Iginla had his biggest years in the lowest scoring era with virtually nobody to play with. Craig Conroy was no slouch I guess, but he wasn't Joe Nieuwendyk or Sergei Makarov or even Robert Reichel!
Fleury was electrifying to watch for sure, but the Flames never had a power forward like Iginla. He was a freakin animal in the early 2000's. He'd beat you up and then he'd beat you upstairs. And then he'd give the aw shucks I'm just happy to be here interview after the game. I think too many folks forget what he was like in his prime.