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Originally Posted by Red Ice Player
I'm getting sick of hearing that Calgary has the least talent in the league, the weakest defence on paper..etc...ad nauseam. Nine teams in the league have given up more goals than the Flames, including the Leafs. An extra twenty goals, and we're a middle of the pack team. Not what our goal should be, but not bad for a team that was just blown up.
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Excellent point, and it makes you wonder if Iggy was still with this team, what would they look like? He obviously would provide that 20+ goals to put us on the bubble in a very tough conference, but would there be such a selfless team work ethic if he was still here? I'm merely speculating, but the culture did seem to change when he left and Giordano was made captain. Not hating Iggy, but things grow stale and I don't think any amount of talent brought into this team with Iggy still here was going to put us over the hump. The Flames needed a fresh start (as did Iggy obviously) and I think we'd be an even worse team this year if Iginla had not been traded. I certainly don't think you'd see leadership from Backlund and Gio the way you have this year if Iginla is still on this team.