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Originally Posted by Igottago
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.
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I understand that, but you cant tell me that that was the absolute best from this group of players. Not even close.
And this level of performance is being trotted out on a shockingly regular basis lately.
The team as it is is not an elite team, but they shouldnt be hot garbage either. Thats where the attitude and culture of the team come in.