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browna · 02-03-2013, 01:37 PM

As far as Iginla on the breakaway, Emery showed him the fivehole and barely closed it in time....it was certainly there as he beared down, but those misses look worse when the don't go in because it appears he just shoot it into pads.

And not sure if the TV replay picked it up, but on the 2 on 1 when Giordano botched the play at the point in the third, Iginla had the gas pedal hammered down to catch up to the open man and made up 10 feet on him, before Bouwmeester dived to make the pass save...haven't seen him skate that hard in a long time.

He still has the control of the puck down low and is command of the offensive zone. However, with Tanguay showing all to obvious so far that he's looking for Iginla almost exclusively, Iginla's still getting special treatment with the Flames having the puck in the offensive zone, and can't get enough time and space to get that shot away....as he has for the past 10 years.

In general, his points don't show it, and eventually they have to pick up clearly to make a difference, but, like the rest of the team, he looks better effort wise and intangible wise then his stats show.

02-03-2013, 01:37 PM	#407
browna Franchise Player Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Calgary Exp:	As far as Iginla on the breakaway, Emery showed him the fivehole and barely closed it in time....it was certainly there as he beared down, but those misses look worse when the don't go in because it appears he just shoot it into pads. And not sure if the TV replay picked it up, but on the 2 on 1 when Giordano botched the play at the point in the third, Iginla had the gas pedal hammered down to catch up to the open man and made up 10 feet on him, before Bouwmeester dived to make the pass save...haven't seen him skate that hard in a long time. He still has the control of the puck down low and is command of the offensive zone. However, with Tanguay showing all to obvious so far that he's looking for Iginla almost exclusively, Iginla's still getting special treatment with the Flames having the puck in the offensive zone, and can't get enough time and space to get that shot away....as he has for the past 10 years. In general, his points don't show it, and eventually they have to pick up clearly to make a difference, but, like the rest of the team, he looks better effort wise and intangible wise then his stats show. Last edited by browna; 02-03-2013 at 01:39 PM.