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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
really?
I'm not talking about being a 4th line checking player, I'm talking about being a complimentary scoring player. Which is pretty much exactly what he was under Babcock in the Olympics.
Unless you think he was the go-to guy there?
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Yeah, what I'm saying is, his value is decreased significantly if you know you're trading for Jarome "Not playing hard enough on my defensive assignments" Iginla vs. Jarome "I am going to skate so hard tonight my legs will fall off" Iginla.
I know Iginla is a touchy subject, and it's goes against the popular narrative of Iginla being a cross between Brian Trottier and Mike Bossy, but if I am hitchcock and I see how Iginla played my team, I am not particularly interested in bringing him into the locker room when there are other guys available who may being near the same qualities without the detrimental ones.
I don't think it's unfathomable or absurd to believe that a player has more value if they are a 50 point player with a good two-way game than if they are a perennial negative and pot 60 points.
Third most sheltered minutes on the team, man. I'd have serious questions about that if I was considering trading for him.