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Originally Posted by red sky
Not to discredit Iggy's play last night but I thought he was a bit too stationary in the attacking zone. He seemed to be just waiting for the puck to get to him in the slot instead of moving his feet and trying to get open. Iggy plays best when he is skating hard which helps his board play. He gave up the puck a few times in Ze Germans zone and also in trying to enter the zone. There is still room for improvement for Iggy and that is what is scary.
One thing I will note however is that he has been skating extremely hard on the back check to take away odd man opportunities. Hope that translates back into his game when he rejoins the Flames.
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The pressure on the backcheck is partly due to Iggy always standing around in the high slot looking for that one-timer. It is pretty much a third man high. It also opens up a lot of room for Staal and Crosby to go to work down low, as defenders always seem to congregate around Iggy.
I bet Babcock hates it though, as he loves the net presence, and Iggy isn't really providing that standing around up by the hashmarks.
In the end, hey - it seems to work, and has some good defensive results as well.