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Old 12-13-2016, 04:56 PM   #2321
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I'm sure it will feature Gene stroking Katz and be No Good.
Or you mean, it will be a stroke of Gene-ious
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Old 12-13-2016, 04:59 PM   #2322
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Or you mean, it will be a stroke of Gene-ious
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Old 12-13-2016, 05:03 PM   #2323
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These are good questions.

My answers are not good, but based on what I've seen so far this season, I'm saying:

1. Yes, his acquisition prevents other acquisitions. Suppose the Flames are in a playoff spot in February and a defenceman blows a tire. Absolutely, in that case you use your cap space to get a replacement D before you spend it on Iginla. However, there is some chance that there won't be a better use of the space at that time, so you never can tell.

2. If he's being acquired for future considerations, a very late pick, or a prospect who's likely to be lost on waivers next fall, the acquisition cost is basically zero and I would be fine with that. So you never can tell.

3. At the moment, Iginla is not playing better than any forward on the Flames' roster. However, we all know he starts slow, and every year it seems to take him longer to round into form. If he gets it together and has 10+ goals before the deadline, then he may be in a good position to push one of the Flames' roleplayers out of the lineup. So you never can tell.

However, I am not a betting man, and at this point I'm not risking a nickel on the basis of ‘you never can tell’.

ObOnTopic: The Oilers, on the other hand, have a history of betting the farm on ‘you never can tell’. I suspect they'd trade for Iginla in a heartbeat, except that I very much doubt he'd waive his NMC to go there. Long may their incompetence wave!
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Old 12-13-2016, 05:19 PM   #2324
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The crappy program dedicated to Katz's staggering ego has already aired at least twice before on SNW.
Oh, ratings must have been spectacular then if they're airing it even more.
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Old 12-13-2016, 07:14 PM   #2325
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Oh, ratings must have been spectacular then if they're airing it even more.
The greasers faithful tier 2 fans tune in every time to bask in the glory. SN has no idea why the ratings are so high every time, so they keep playing it.
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Old 12-13-2016, 08:25 PM   #2326
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You're completely wrong here. You are saying that you don't aquire Iginla to be a third/fourth line player because he used to be good and has a bad contract. You are assuming Iginla is a "Big Name" acquisition whereas if he is being acquired to play 12 minutes a night then that is a role player acquisition. You can argue he doesn't fit that role but to say that he doesn't fit because he has a big salary is false.

Cap Space unused has zero value at the end of the season.
Iggy coming back sells tickets so the real dollars out the door are actually positive.

So the only 3 questions worth asking are Does his acquisition prevent other acquisitions. Does the role he would play on the team make it worth the assets being given up and Is he better now than who he is replacing

This concept that he makes to much to be played somewhere is nonsensical.

Ignore his name and salary then. Why would the Flames pick up a player of a different name, ignoring salary, who plays like Iginla does now?

I loved Iginla when he was here. Biggest single impact player for the Flames ever, except maybe Kipper (and I'm counting the glory years). But his name is the only thing making people want him brought back. He's just not a better player than anyone he would replace.

Add in the fact that he's got a huge cap hit, preventing real depth from being added (plus they can't afford him anyway without suckering the Avs into taking a lot of salary back) and it's a non-starter.
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Old 12-13-2016, 08:38 PM   #2327
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Talking about Iginla coming to the Flames in this thread, when there is a perfectly good thread dedicated to that, is no good.
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Reading Oilers forum post game and it's beautiful.
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Old 12-13-2016, 10:11 PM   #2329
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Reading Oilers forum post game and it's beautiful.
More salt than the Dead Sea. They sure hate RNH. Also Talbot. Also Todd M. Also the refs
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More salt than the Dead Sea. They sure hate RNH. Also Talbot. Also Todd M. Also the refs
They hate the same refs that gifted them a 4 minute power play?
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They hate the same refs that gifted them a 4 minute power play?
They figure the refs felt so bad about that they refused to call the game their way from then on.
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Reading Oilers forum post game and it's beautiful.
Loved this comment

I'm almost at the point where I think the NHL is trying to punish the oilers and force them to trade McDavid to a team in the states.

It felt like a well scripted game that the WWE would be proud off.
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In honour of Laine's recent own goal snipe, Sean McIndoe (Down Goes Brown) ranks the top 10 NHL own goals.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/g...h-remembering/

Big surprise who is #1.

Spoiler!

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Loved this comment

I'm almost at the point where I think the NHL is trying to punish the oilers and force them to trade McDavid to a team in the states.

It felt like a well scripted game that the WWE would be proud off.
Its a whine fest over there. The refs screwed them. T-mac isn't a great coach (duh) Talbot isn't great blah blah blah

At the end of the day, their personal decisions, development and Chia not being a good GM have doomed this team to another rebuild in the next two years.

They're sliding and sliding hard and it looks good on the most arrogant franchise in the NHL.
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In honour of Laine's recent own goal snipe, Sean McIndoe (Down Goes Brown) ranks the top 10 NHL own goals.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/nhl/g...h-remembering/

Big surprise who is #1.

Spoiler!
Watching that video clip, I miss the days when there were no board ads. The arenas were so clean.
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Reading Oilers forum post game and it's beautiful.
do the oilers have there own forum?
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do the oilers have there own forum?
Their forum on HFBoards
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Watched the 3rd period last night...

Has there ever been a more fitting nhl nickname than "Ryan Nothing-Happens".

It's genius!
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Watching that Nurse being drafted clip...

I hadn't thought about Katz's muffin top kid in months. He gets my heart rate going.
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Watching that Nurse being drafted clip...

I hadn't thought about Katz's muffin top kid in months. He gets my heart rate going.
Got a thing for the redheads do ya?
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