Iginla is to be blamed only in the sense that adding a front-line player and two prominent secondary players to a team that has excellent chemistry can blow up in your face. Fans always go on about this team won the trade deadline because they added X, Y, and Z. We remember the deadline guys who push teams over the top. We forget the guys who have little impact, or moves that negatively affect the chemistry.
I thought it was a mistake for the Pens to make moves of that magnitude when they were already an elite team with strong chemistry. Too risky.
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