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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
No team looking to acquire Iginla for a deep playoff push is going to play him top 4 forward minutes unless they are almost exclusively heavy PP minutes.
Not that he couldn't do it if asked, but contending teams have better players for their top lines.
Look at Boston as an example. Iginla is not going to displace Horton, Lucic, seguin and probably not Marchand.
In New York, he won't replace Gaborik and likely not Ryan Callahan.
In St.Louis he won't replace Backes on the top line but would likely displace someone playing out of position on the 2nd.
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A lot of contenders are strong at RW. For example, the Blues have Oshie, Tarasenko, and Stewart. I'm pretty sure Oshie and Backes have played together forever. So would Tarasenko move to his off-wing to make room for Iginla? I don't know if I'd risk that sort of disruption if I was the Blues.