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Originally Posted by Locke
I'm at the point where this team needs a serious culture change and thats not something that the coaching staff can do on their own.
Watching last night, this team has really gotten used to losing. They've accepted it and they know that their goal is 8th place.
Its time for the people that are okay with that to head for the exits and get some new faces that want to win.
If Iggy is one of them then so be it. I'm not for or against trading Iggy, I'm for changing this team's attitude. I'd rather the Flames not trade Iggy becuase hey, who doesnt love Iggy? Not to mention the fact that the return he'd get at this stage as an aging rental veteran player may not be worth it.
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I don't think its a matter of culture change at all, its a matter of talent. Fact is the Flames don't have any skilled star players in their prime. If you don't have that, you won't be an elite team. I don't believe guys like Iginla or Kipper are okay with losing. They just have no choice. Its a young man's league.
The biggest failure of this organization over Iginla's career has been the ability to cultivate new stars that could be the go to guys as Iggy got older. Like Forsberg was to Sakic or Federov was to Yzerman. Iggy never had that.
I honestly think this is Iggy's last season with the Flames. Unless this team really catches fire and makes some kind of noise in the playoffs I don't even see him wanting to re-sign here.