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Originally Posted by killer_carlson
Iginla did not have a good game, but almost scored and then set Malkin up on a gift in the first period. Still, he didn't look great - and I'm still an Iginla fan.
Anyone else think he may be hurt?
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I don't think so as I saw him dish out a few hard checks in the first period. He's playing the same way he played with the Flames. Maybe it's because a lot of power forwards slow down quickly after 35 but he's just not the player he used to be and he would have been a lot better off today if he heeded Brent's advice a few years back and put more work in his two way game.
I will say bumping him to the 2nd powerplay unit is silly as powerplay is where he is most effective and the Penguins 1st unit was not very good yesterday. With him on the powerplay teams can't focus on his one-timer like they could in Calgary as it leaves Malkin open. Blysma isn't doing a great job of utilizing Iginla but it could be a case of him knowing his job may be on the line and wanting to go down with his own guys. Not sure but I don't think Iginla is being used properly.
That's a team that would look pretty good being coached by AV who would make them play more sound defensively while still letting the offensive players do their thing. They just aren't playing sound defense for whatever reason.