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Originally Posted by Fire
Iginla's skating is not good enough for the large ice surface. Even if he's a point per game player and averages 0.5 goals per game he's not going. Babcock says they are looking for good skaters. Iginla obviously doesn't fit that description.
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Skating, positional play, consistent effort level, defensive zone coverage, ability to out muscle players. These are all question marks on Iginla at this stage in his career. He's a shadow of the player he used to be. And based on how he starts most full seasons lately he's unlikely to put himself in the picture. Was it 2 or 3 years ago that he was basically the worst Flame player in October?
I like Iginla but if you base your opinion of him on the last few seasons he is not one the premiere Canadian players anymore.