Keep it up iggy!!! We're all pulling for you!! Here's hoping iggy finishes with 40 goals this season, wins the cup and the conne smythe! Nobody deserves it more than him.
Everyone talks about what could have been for Jagr in terms of goals and points had he not missed time from he lockouts and leaving for the KHL but similar things can be said for iginla... Granted not to the same extent as Jagr.
The 2004-2005 NHL lockout happened when iginla was at the top of his game and he was arguably the best player in the world at the time. He was a lock for 40+ goals and 90+ points. In fact... I would have bet on him reaching 50 goals that year.
Last years half-season lockout cost him the chance to continue his pursuit of the record for the most consecutive 30+ goal seasons... Which I have no doubt he would have broken in a couple years if he had a full season to keep his streak going.
That's potentially 65+ more NHL goals that he could have right now... That would make him near the 600 goal mark already with at least 3 more years left of solid production in him. At the end of it all, it may not seem like much but it's probably going to mean finishing in the top 20 NHL goal scorers of all time rather than the top 10. It could mean him being a career 600+ goal scorer instead of possibly reaching 700+ goals if he plays into his early forties.
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