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Originally Posted by EddyBeers
Is that a serious question? They had a player who displayed some leadership qualities, he was moved out. Fact is that nobody is going to emerge as a leader to challenge the guy who has been the leader for 14 years. That just does not happen.
All I can say is that this team has had the same culture, regardless of whether they had a top 10 team in the league roster or a bottom 10 team in the league roster or something in between. Players come and go and the culture and the way the team plays remains the same. That is all I know. The idea that the Flames are good one night and awful the next is not a Bob Hartley coached team phenomenon, this has been how this team has played since 2006/2007. And the captain has always been a player who comes prepared for some games and just takes some nights off, or a lot of nights off depending on the season.
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Jarome Iginla is Mark Messier.....minus all the Stanley Cups.
His career is very similar. Physically dominant and the greatest leader during his prime, but than the reputation and legacy got too big to the point of being a detriment.
For Iginla, he's lucky he stayed with one team where he built up his goodwill. Messier got it hard because he never built up any goodwill with Canuck fans and his poor play coupled with his lack of goodwill turned him into a hated player by their fans. However, Messier could do no wrong in Edmonton and New York.
Some Flames fans view Iginla like Canucks fans view Messier, others view him like Oiler and Rangers fans view Messier.