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Originally Posted by Igottago
I think you are way out to lunch on this one. Just because he's a family man and doesn't go to the world championships doesn't at all mean he doesn't want to win the Cup. Thats a ridiculous assumption.
I am willing to bet Iginla desperatley wants to win the cup, but he also genuinely wants to do everything in his power to do that here. That time may have come and gone but Calgary loves Iginla and just maybe Iginla loves Calgary too. It wouldn't be an easy decision for the guy to leave the place he spent his entire career and the organization that he has been the leader of for years. When you really stop to think about it its a massive decision for the organization and for Iginla himself if the two part ways. Its easy for us on a message board to dream up and post trades but this is the guys life, career and legacy. He's earned the opportunity to give it some careful consideration.
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I never said that he doesn't want to win the cup. I just feel that it's not priority one with Iginla at this stage of his life/career. Jarome is a classy guy and has earned the opportunity to join a cup contending team. The big question is if he's willing to uproot his family in an attempt to win the lone major trophy (the 2002 Hart trophy should be his) not in his collection? It's a tough situation for a man that has resided his entire life in one province and played for one team.
Personally I have found these last few years exhausting as Jarome winds down his career while expectations of him carrying the team remain. He has one goal in almost 1/4 of the shortened season and I simply don't think he's the go-to-guy on this team even though he's fed pucks like he is. I also don't know if I want to see him finish his career on a Flames 2nd or 3rd line. I just don't want to hear the same old interview at the end of the season when he says the same old; "we weren't good enough". His legacy after 2004 is captaining a team that was never "good enough" and unfortunately it's kind of taken the luster of what appears to be a hall of fame career. I would love to see him end his career on a high note winning the cup with Crosby and not fade away on a bad Flames team.