As far as Iginla, as its been off and on for his career, the greatest compliment a player could ask for is team gameplanning to focus on him.
That is still happening.
When there are other offensive threats on the roster that force the opponent to worry a little bit less about Iginla, Iginla shines through with that extra time and space to shoot and or make plays.
When secondary scoring is contributing, the other teams won't be able to blanket Iginla and he'll have more time and space, as he has for the better part of the past decade.
IMO, this is up to Hudler and Cammalleri first and foremost, and Glencross to a lesser extent to make this happen. If they start being viable threats game in and game out, then the other team have to shift putting their best checkers on them, not just #12. Tanguay, as it has been his entire time here in both stints, has to prove that he can beat the other team by shooting, as team's may as well worry about Iginla, since Tanguay looks to pass to him as his first option, 5 out of 6 times.
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