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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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Forget the skating, Iginla's puck management in recent years has been pretty weak. He used to be impossible to get the puck from, today Olympic calibre defenceman would have a field day with him. Taylor Hall probably skates as well as anyone who could go to Sochi....his puck management is what could keep him from making the trip or having to sit in the press box. On that larger ice surface puck management to me is really important, because theres a lot of extra area to have to chase after the puck once you lose it.