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Originally Posted by Mike F
Isn't it much simpler to suggest that Hartley has introduced a new system (undoubtedly true) that simply asks something different from Iginla than Sutter's than to suggest that Sutter and Hartley have asked for the same thing and Iginla just decided to listen to Hartley but not Sutter?
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Could be a little bit of both, but to me it's clear that Iginla and Sutter had different ideas about how Jarome can best help his team. Just recall Brent's amazing 15-minute rant about offensive players changing into a different mentality, for example. We all knew who he was talking about. Iginla has basically been a classic RW sniper for many years now, and if you're going to keep him around, I don't think you can ask him to become anything else any more than Anaheim can ask Selänne to become a defensive forward.
That's the game Jarome wants to play, and if he's allowed to be himself without any inner conflict, I think that frees up some energy for other areas as well.