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Originally Posted by howard_the_duck
1. Of course they are negotiations. How could you possibly draw that conclusion from him saying that? Iginla and his agent would be foolish to just rollover and accept whatever the Flames are offering. That has absolutely no bearing on whether or not he will take a fair/below market deal.
2. What? There are just far too many bs statements in this point to even begin. The Flames WOULDN'T want Iggy's influence on Baertschi? We're talking one of the classiest players in the history of the NHL, the Flames most respected player of all time. You have to be trolling here because it's far too ludicrous to take seriously. Lastly, when has Iginla EVER stated he's just here to score goals....source?
3. The reason the Flames didn't sign him last year has nothing to do with how they're afraid his production will tail off. It's because, as Red pointed out, he was 2 years away from his current contract's expiration. There are far too many variables to start negotiations 2 years out.
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It came out on two occasions with Keenan and Sutter regarding Iginla buying into their system. He's absolutely open what he thinks his role on the team is. The problems can go all the way back to Dion Phaneuf. Everybody thought Dion was the cancer in the room. Take a closer look at the flames' record with and without Phaneuf for a starting point.
I like Jarome I really do. I have three Iginla Jersey's. The issue remains that he likely isn't going to want to accept a diminishing role on a team that isn't a playoff contender. As it is I would hope that next season we would see Baertschi on the first line replacing him. That is what it will boil down to and the flames' management should be asserting this as they will expect Baertschi to be putting up 20 plus goals.
The fact is this season should likely be the last where Jarome should expect first line minutes. Can he accept that?
There's no questioning what he's meant to Calgary. Just ask yourself would we give Doan 6M a year at his age if we signed him as a UFA?
The answer is NO.