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Originally Posted by Diet Water
So because Nash has better hands than Iginla he should be locked into the first line?
Only one player has scored a goal while playing on Canada's first line so far in this tournament, I have no idea how he did it with suck weak hands!
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Nash isn't really competing with a spot with Iggy. He is playing LW and Iggy doesn't. It is more like Richards and Toews are competing for spots with Iggy on the 1st line.
By good hands I mean that Nash is more than just a shooter like Iggy. I don't think Iggy brings a whole lot to the table in comparison with these other guys when it comes to on ice skill.
Iggy has great leadership but he can do that from the bench.
Nash/Toews/Richards all have a wider range of offensive (and for Toews and Richards better defensive) weapons.
Iggy can shoot. That is about all. He's an ok set up guy as we learned last year with Cammy but I think Toews, Richards and Nash all have a wider range of weapons, even if they maybe aren't as good at pure goal scoring. All of them can gain the zone, make beautiful moves, score 1 on 1 (something Iggy is REALLY lacking), and make wonderful passes.
That isn't to say Iggy can't play 1st line RW, he just isn't the only one who can and maybe isn't even the best choice. Saying some guys are more suited to certain positions is like choosing between a Ferrari and a Lambo. None of them are bad. Some of them are very slightly better in some ways.