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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
Let's just say Nash scored 3 goals last game.
Tonight you need a goal in a tie game. Nash is basically stapled to the bench in the 3rd........a couple shifts, no PP time, no OT shifts.
I think there would be similar questioning here of how Babcock used his forwards in the latter parts of the game. It doesn't seem like it right now, because Iginla is a Flame, and this is a Flames fan site.
But basically benching him after the 2nd is a very strange move, IMO. But I'll wait until I hear his comments before I come to a conclusion.
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I too am holding out the actual act of digging out the torches and pitchforks because I cannot fathom how Iggy would be benched after his play for the first game and a half. He has been one of the best forwards on the team and a top goal scorer, that cannot be denied. I suspect there was a reason but he didn't seem hurt to me, and I can't see him playing a checking roll if the risk of injury was present.
That said if he was in fact benched... well it's not like I had much faith in the team to begin with, but at least we can blame it on the coaching and bench management.
Silly night either way.
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Originally Posted by sa226
I was just gonna say, in the few shots of Iginla sitting on the bench and in the celebratory scrum at the end, he looked very upbeat and positive.
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Iggy is always a classy guy and will always have a huge grin on. The NHL really needs more players with a personality like his, I guess that's what makes him so unique and such an amazing person tho.