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Originally Posted by stemit14
With how many centreman that Canada is going have and how few right handed wingers, why did Thornton get an invite and iginla didn't? No way does Thornton have more foot speed that iginla and their skill levels are a draw if not in iginla's favour because he is less one-dimensional. I think Babcock has never really liked iginla's game and this is the result. Iginla constantly got fewer and fewer minutes and became used as a 13th forward in the 2010 Olympics... Yet with fewer minutes and constantly being moved to different lines, iginla still led the team in goals and was 3rd in points... And, oh yeah, battled with 2 guys in the corner to get the puck to Crosby in overtime for the biggest goal in Olympic history! I hope iginla lights it up for the first half of the year and makes team Canada look stupid for snubbing him.
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Skill level is not a draw or in Iginla's favor here. Thornton has a far superior skill level to iginla at this point, sorry. If Iginla makes this team, it's based off of leadership and intangibles.