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Originally Posted by flip
...So does that mean we are assuming Babcock is blaming Iggy by moving him to the 4th line? Maybe Babs just thinks Iggy will have more success there.
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That might be a fair argument if Babcock had actually played with more than 2 1/2 lines for the second and third periods of the Swiss game. Iginla can only succeed if he gets the chance to play, and when he was stapled to the bench while the coaches continued to roll with the SJ trio, the Getzlaf line and an ineffective grouping of Crosby, Nash and any player not named Iginla, it was fairly evident that Babcock does not believe Iginla can contribute much. As I mentioned before, this decision strikes many as premature.
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Originally Posted by flip
Don't forget Jarome only had NINE minutes of ice time in his hat trick game against Norway. 9!!! That is like half of what he gets on a regular night.
Why weren't people up in arms over that? Oh right, because he was successful with the ice he was given.
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I'm not sure what your point is here; that Iginla was great with a low amount of icetime, and then was never given the opportunity to develop on that success in game 2?