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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Yeah, but there is no guarantee he can actually play that way.
We haven't seen it in (save for about 1-1.5 seasons under Darryl) Calgary, Babcock didn't see it from him in the Olympics.
Frankly, CliffFletcher is raising a really valuable point.
For teams where cohesive team play might be the only advantage they have over a competing team, is it worth it to add a guy who may detract from that? I don't know, but it likely lowers the value you're willing to shell out.
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Iggy has shown in spurts that he can play that team game. He did it here in 03/04 and 05/06. He did for the most part in the Olympics, and has stretches in Calgary for 5/10 games where he plays that way.
Biggest issue with Iggy is that when the goals dry up his all around game also falls off the map. He actually started this year playing pretty hard and backchecking, he then wasn't scoring and thats when he starts to cheat.
He just needs to go to a team where the rest of the team plays a team game around him led by a leader that plays the same way (Crosby, Toews, etc). Opposed to Calgary where the team follows him and plays the perimeter, individualistic style he plays.