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Originally Posted by DionTheDman
Tried for Brad Richards, tried for Ryan O'Reilly, and got Olli Jokinen, and Alex Tanguay twice, whom Iginla has said is one of the best people he ever played with.
... and that's just the people we know of. Probably could have done more, but I don't know if it was a lack of effort. Lack of competence/scouting/something else? Could be... but if he's sticking it to the organization for that reason, that'd be pretty bad.
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Yep. The wellspring of talent in any organization is drafting. Iginla can resent the Flames for drafting poorly. But moving the deck chairs around with trades and UFA signings (and the Flames have done a lot of that since 2005) rarely turns around a team's fortunes. And I have a feeling Iginla wouldn't have been on-board with genuine re-tooling moves that saw his friends moved out for picks and prospects. Look at how he responded to Conroy leaving. If anything, it was desperately trying to keep the team around Iginla a 'contender' that has left this franchise in the state it's in.
The writing has been on the wall with this organization for three or four years. If Iginla was as self-delusional as upper management about the prospects of this team, well, that's on him.