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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
Come on man. Give Iginla some credit here. He's not an idiot. He knows what's going on in Calgary and what direction the team is heading. Things will only get more unsettled when Kipper retires. He's a proud man and would never say anything less in public than he wants to win a cup in Calgary but he knows that time has passed and he now has to decide if he truly wants to compete for a cup or if he wants to comfortably wind down his career at home. Most of Iginla's suitors will be in the Eastern Conference and that's a big move for Iginla and his family. I simply don't see him going to the highest bidder unless it's in a place he feels comfortable moving his family. It's possible Crosby and Lemieux can convince him but I don't see Iginla going to Washington, Buffalo, New Jersey or most of the Eastern teams that may show interest. The Kings would make a lot of sense but they would need to move out salary.
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Well the thing that I think you are massivley discounting is Iggy's optimism/ He is an optimistic person for sure. He looks at a team that missed the playoffs 3 years in a row but each year they were close and each year a team that was a low seed went on a run. (Philly/Habs 2010, Tampa 2011, LA 2012). He knows that Kipper is one of the best and can steal a series. He also has Feaster/King/Edwards telling him he is the greatest Flame of alltime and they want him to retire here. He sees Feaster bring back Cammy, sign Wideman/Hudler and keep pushing to make playoffs.
I agree Iggy knows this is not an elite team but he probably thinks they are better than their record has been the past few years. He and his family are comfortable however I think if the team falls short again this year he will weight his options more closely than he had in years past.