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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
There are MANY reasons why he is not Steve Yzerman or Joe Sakic ... way too many people wanted him to be their fairy tale, but he's not.
Both those guys are top 50 players in NHL history. Iginla is a 1st ballot HOFer no doubt, but Yzerman/Sakic transcend the finest accolades. Circumstances pending, but Iginla is trending closer to Mats Sundin path rather instead which really sucks. Its sad to see, on a personal level when I first started watching hockey was Iginla's rookie season and the growth of a franchise player, the Iginla-Gagner-Hoglund line. But that story is coming to an end and everybody has to realize that.
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Not to downplay the status of those 2 guys, but just look back at the teammates they had. I've posted on here before the number of HOF teammates Yzerman had when he won his first cup. Its actually laughable how much support those guys had throughout their careers compared to Iginla. Who knows what could've been had the Flames actually been able to build a great team around Iginla. They never did it.
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A few weeks after crashing head-first into the boards (denting his helmet and being unable to move for a little while) following a hit from behind by Bob Errey, the Calgary Flames player explains:
"I was like Christ, lying on my back, with my arms outstretched, crucified"
-- Frank Musil - Early January 1994
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