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Originally Posted by Phanuthier
I should add, the Flames have gone out and signed/targetted players Iginla personally hand picked - he wanted Jeff Friesen, he wanted Tony Amonte, he asked for Marc Savard (we almost got him back; our "No 1 C") ... he wanted an enforcer, we brought in Chris McGratton and PL3 at his request. So stop propagating that crap that the organization let Iginla down, the organization did everything they could and spend to the cap limit (and bury contracts), at one point the Calgary Flames might as well be "Iginla and friends" ...
Sucks we didn't go anywhere, but the organization tried and shelled out a lot of money to try and compete the last few years.
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Where was the drafting? Where was the new crop of stars that should've been carrying the load as Iginla got older? Where was the legit #1 centre (all due respect to Daymond Langkow)?
The team spend money on some decent players but also a lot of has beens. But is sounds like Jarome Iginla was essentially the GM of the team, so we should pin that on him too. Darryl Sutter must've been one weak minded guy to let Iggy force him to make all those moves.
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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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