Wow.. this news is crazy.
I remember going to my 1st Flames game live in 2000 in DC. I had my Iginla jersey on and waited near the player enterance in hopes to possibly get a hand shake. Instead I got my jersey signed. A year later, I went to Long Island and happened to stay in the same hotel as the team. I got Iggy to sign a poster personalized to me before the morning skate that day. 6 hours later before the game he came out to walk to the arena (the hotel is in the parking lot of Nasseau Coliseum) and he stopped and said "how ya doing Scott". I dont think Ive ever been more star struck and stunned in my life (I was 16) and this superstar on the verge of something special (50 goals) remembered my name. I continued following the team and going to away games on the East Coast for the next 5 years and every single time Iggy saw me he stopped, asked how I was and remembered my name.
Its not just his skill this team lost nor his leadership... he simply put is the nicest athlete in any sport I have ever met and I wish him nothing but the best in Pittsburgh and hope he gets his cup he deserves more than anyone else in the NHL currently.
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