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Originally Posted by Bertuzzied
Yeah. why would Iggy be upset when he is getting up there in age and having David Moss center him? hahahaha and he should be grateful to Sutter for putting out a 5 dman powerplay so he can rest his old legs.
Or devaluing the trade value of Bouwmeester, Sarich and Stajan so Iggy can feel like he is the overwhelming #1 player on this team.
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The only time the Flames won the division with Iggy, he scored 67 points and killed penalties. He played with Langkow and Huselius.
He had his most torrid offensive pace under Playfair (Had he not missed 10 games due to injury, he would've finished with 108 points) and the team snuck into the playoffs on the last game of the season only after Nashville lost. They were subsequently embarrassed.
The exact same narrative played out under Keenan. And as long as Iggy got his points, everyone was satisfied. From the moment Playfair got the axe, it was established that Iginla ran the show. Keenan was brought in as a starf***er head coach who let his big dogs run the show. He gave them loads of icetime with no accountability.
Iginla was a product of his environment; the right move would've been for Darryl to come out of the GM office after 06-07 and retake control of the team, and hire someone else to do scouting and personnel. Instead, we got the last six years.