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Originally Posted by Beatle17
Long way from "kid" and not a Flames fan. Iginlas contract pays him within the top 30 players in the league, which by scoring stats he has been for at least the last 4 years, even with only 65 points.
If they can sign him to the numbers you suggest that would be great for the Flames, but I am sure his agent will roll out the stats showing he is still within the top 5% of scorers in the league and should be paid accordingly.
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Iginla should be paid according to what he's likely to accomplish in the future, not what he has produced in the past. And just as his last four years weren't as productive as the four years before that, his next four won't be as productive as the most recent four.
Then, of course, there's the matter of culture change. Some of us have seen an unhealthy, comfortable culture around the Flames in recent years. Slow starts. Resistance to coaching systems. Star players only wanting to play one side of the puck. Folding when the going gets tough. Hard to see any of that changing unless the leadership changes.
Watching an aging star play out the string on a bad team won't be as much fun as some expect it to be. Just ask Leafs fans.