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Originally Posted by Igottago
Its not about taking the C off. Its about where you're going to put it. You're the GM/Coach of the Flames. What would you do? Where is your next captain?
All of you ripping Iginla's leadership don't really seem to have a viable alternative.
Also, as far as Iginla's contract, he's been the best player on the team pretty much every single year, and has earned damn well near all of that contract.
He won't get that kind of money again, but he was certainly full value for it over his career.
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Is it not possible that Iginla is an inadequate leader and the Flames have no other alternatives? It still goes against what happens in every team sport your scenario where someone comes in and asserts themselves as the new leader on a team where they have had the same leader for many seasons in a row. That just almost never happens.
I just get confused, Iginla was a great leader when the team missed the playoffs, then he was a great leader when they made the Cup run, then he was a great leader when they consistently disappointed with first round defeats, then he was a great leader when they missed the playoffs. He may be a great leader, but I have not seen much evidence of it IMHO. The Flames had a great run that was fantastic, going to those games was the best experience I have had in my 13 years as a STH, but there are a lot of teams that go on Cinderella runs. I have seen little evidence of this great leader that gets spoken about so much, he apparently is quiet in the room but he is and always has been horribly inconsistent on the ice in terms of effort and his give a #### factor fluctuates wildly from night to night (with the exception of the spring of 2004). Not sure what qualities he brings and has brought in the past on a nightly basis that makes him a great leader. An average one, sure probably, but a great leader not sure about that.