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Originally Posted by Igottago
Its hilarious that people want to attribute the change in team dynamic to some sort of leadership or cultural issues with Iggy. The guy was always a fantastic leader and Gio is pretty much doing the exact same thing now that Iggy did at his best.
The bigger factor for the cultural turnaround of the team is the following:
- New President, GM, and organizational focus on youth
- Good drafting, and picks that can actually step into the league play
- Great coaching.
These are all far greater factors to the team success and they were all out of Iginla's sphere of influence.
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Iggy "I do not want to be part of a rebuild"
Sending him packing allowed them to start the youth movement