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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
He probably will. But it's going to be pretty difficult for him to break the chains that are currently holding him back, much like it was for Iginla. When a player is around teams this bad for this long. They might lose site of what a top end team really is. Which is something I think happened to Iginla. He like Hall played on some great Junior teams, but started his NHL career on some bad ones.
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I never thought about Iginla in this context before. It sure reveals how positive the 2002 Olympics were for him. That was his breakout season, and after his stellar performance in the gold medal game, he never really looked back for the next three years, until Sutter kicked himself upstairs.