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Originally Posted by Kobasew7
Iginla is the better overall talent. Iginla put up those numbers with no help, lets remember in his prime the best Centre he played with was Marc Savard before he got going in ATL and Boston, and Craig Conroy (we all remember how much #### people cried when that trade to get him went down).
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Iginla didn't play that many games on a line with Savard at center. In fact, if you remember, the Flames were off to an otherworldly start at the beginning of the 2001-02 season. Two factors put on the brakes.
1.) Roman Turek was signed to a massive contract extension, and promptly crashed back to earth.
2.) Savard was centering the top line with Iginla obviously at TW. The chemistry (and results) were not the same as with Conroy.
The decision was made to switch back. Savard then went on a pouting spree and played himself off the team, not unlike what happened in New York.