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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
It was the truth. Not sure why any fans would be upset at Iginla making a truthful observation about his new team.
Iginla played a role in the Flames downturn but at the end of the day the ultimate responsibility for the poor state of the franchise falls at the feet of Ken King and the owners. The fact Iginla is gone and the same clowns are running the show simply means that this team is going to fail and embaress themselves with or without Iginla.
As for Iginla signing with the Canucks I would be fine with it. At the end of the day it's a business and in a way King and the Flames owners have it coming for the way they fumbled the team during Jarome's career in Calgary. We can only hope they learned a valuable lesson in how to properly build a Stanley Cup contender but I have a bad feeling they will be looking for more quick fixes.
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The Flames are a very young sports franchise, in terms of how long they have existed. Developing a club that consistently challenges for the Stanley Cup is a very rare occurrence, and even the most elite dynasties go through cycles of decline. Not only is the process cyclical, but it is inevitable. The powers that be
will have learned from their errors & with any luck are wiser & better-equipped to navigate the team towards success.
Ownership & KK can be blamed for trying and failing to win it all in a 7 year window of time & not having a contingency plan. I don't think they deserve to be run out of town or deserve the pitchforks that have come out around here. Cleaning out upper management would stall any progress we could make.
Management should be blamed for not sewing the seeds for long-term success & making terrible, panicked moves to try to right the ship, but the main perpetrator of that was Darryl & he's paid his price. I'm not sold on Feaster, but he's doing a job. Hopefully he's keeping the GM chair warm for someone who is the real deal.
Iginla was the face if the franchise, but to suggest he contributed to its decline is ludicrous. The guy is a lead-by-example leader who, at his peak from 2001-2009 was a dominant force. For 1 season he was a 1-man wrecking crew and got us to within an inch of the Cup. In the following years a strong team was built around him which should have contended, but it didn't work out. You can't expect anything more from an athlete. He left with dignity & on very respectful terms.
I expect him to spend the next 2 to 3 years chasing a cup & then, if successful, I could see him re-signing to mentor a young & hopefully resurgent Flames team in a Lanny MacDonald-esque way.