I don’t want to see us lose just so we can get a better draft choice. However, it’s time to try something different than the same old, same old. If we end up with that “losing draft choice” at least we tried. It’s time for many of us to realize that Iginla just doesn’t have it any more. He doesn’t have the foot speed and as a result has lost much of his scoring ability. He’s still a great mucker and puck handler along the boards and in front of the net. If we’re going to keep him, that’s the role he should be used in. Stop trying to set him up for his patented slap shot. It’s not working and hasn’t for a couple of years. Let Iginla become a set-up man. Plus, they definitely need to shake up the line he’s on. It doesn’t work. Leave the Czech line together as the #1 line. Try Iginla, Stempniak and Backlund as the #2 line. Iginla plays the left side on the current pp so leave him on the left side. You end up with a couple of grinders with scoring ability and Backlund’s effort, speed and hopefully scoring. I still haven’t figured out why they move Stajan off the Czech line on the pp. That line works great, why spit it up when you have a man advantage. Sorry but it doesn’t make sense to me to do so unless you have a weakness on that line, which you don’t. Try the new Iginla line as your second pp unit. You can rotate Tanguay and Baertschi (when he returns) through that line till you find a winning combination. Your #3 line would consist of Glencross, Tanguay and Jackman (better yet move someone down and bring Horak back up). Cammalleri hasn’t been performing in the role they’ve had him in so put him on the #4 line with any combination of Jones, Jackman, Comeau, or Begin (less whomever goes down). At the moment we’re a one line team. It’s time to try something radical. We spend too much time trying to create a #1 line, a so so #2 line and a couple of additional throw away lines. We have enough talent to put together 3 good lines and a decent 4th. Come on Hartley, show me you care.
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