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Originally Posted by JayP
I think that statement was directed more at Iginla of past years - especially last season where he made comments after Brent called him out that basically said "I'm paid to score goals so I'm going to score as many as I can and that's how I'm going to play".
Iginla has been better defensively this year, but you don't think Sutter wanted him playing this way too? It's exactly the problem - Iginla should be playing how the coach wants him to play regardless of who's behind him.
And it's only five games in - let's see how committed the captain is to a complete game when he starts getting heat from the fans/media for not producing big numbers and when the nagging injuries start to pile up and every backcheck requires that much more effort.
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I think thats the issue when it comes to Iginla. For years his mindset was "if I dont score, no one will" so he saw defensive play as an obstacle that was crippling him when he was living up to his role as a goalscorer.
Now that he's succumbed to pressure and is playing better defensively, the goals aren't coming. And guess what, now everyone's crying that Iginla's not doing what he's paid to do - score goals.
That's where his frustration most likely comes from - damned if you do, damned if you don't - because he's simply not at the point of his career where he can be both 40 goal scorer and Jere Lehtinen at the same time.