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Originally Posted by Rerun
Regarding Iggy, I ask myself one question.
If Iggy still played for the Flames would we be a better or worse team than we are now?
I say worse. Even though we'd have more skill in the line up I suspect we would be losing more often and by bigger margins. No way this team would have the attitude it does if Iggy was still here as the captain.
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We maybe wouldn't be worse from a standings perspective, but I think we would still be dreadful to watch as has been the case in years past. Iggy just couldn't be the teams focal point. Some teams can move away from a mindset like that gracefully, while keeping the player (ala Redwings w/ Yzerman) but I think it was pretty clear that Iggy had to go in order to see a change in attitude. I'm not saying Iggy had a bad attitude, but the attitude of the team surrounding him and focused on him was detrimental to the overall success IMO. It's not a slight to him, everyone hits a point of diminishing returns. He'll have more fun (and thus play better) in Boston.
