Well, Warrener always was a defensive defenseman and played with Iginla during his transition from a prototypical power forward who played on the PK to the reluctant backchecking perimeter player we saw in recent years. There's probably a natural affinity for players like Warrener and the goalies they play in front of. He probably spent about as much time covering for forwards like Iginla as Kiprusoff spent saving Warrener's bacon.
And speaking of highly of Bure isn't a big deal because, well, Bure. He was a generational talent that did things most NHL superstars can't match. No doubt you would have a lot of respect and admiration for a player like that especially if you had the fortune of playing with that person for any stretch of time.
So on the whole, I wouldn't read a whole lot into Warrener's comments about Hasek/Bure/Kipper without a mention of Iginla.
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