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Originally Posted by flameswin
How is 6th in forward ice time closer to 4th than 1st line minutes?  |
I think he's saying that Cooke generally plays more than 13:53 per game (14:41), so he might have played more if he didn't get thrown out of last nights game. Iginla has been pretty much relegated to a third line role with limited time on the powerplay.
He's averaging almost one and a half less minutes per game than 41 year old Jaromir Jagr, 30 seconds more than 36 year old Michael Handzus, and a minute less than 34 Dan Clearly averaged.
At least in Pittsburgh Iginla is proving to be less effective in the playoffs as they keep going. He was pretty good in the first round though, but has being going downhill since then.
He needs to sign somewhere else next year where he will be more depended upon for scoring, but still not the #1 or #2 guy on the team. A place like Detroit, Ottawa, or even Vancouver (ugh) are situations that should meet those needs.