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Originally Posted by Locke
This is where Resolute's point is, you kind of are. Whether or not you actually take it off his jersey Iginla, through no fault of his own, became bigger than the team.
You dont think he would be a distraction?
As for his ability to chip in, I think thats dubious at best. You're guessing where he'll be at in 2 years and where the Flames will be in two years both in terms of personnel and system.
I agree with Resolute, the Iginla on the Flames as a contributing player are over. That ship has indeed sailed.
If, in two years, management decides that we need Iginla on the team to contribute then they'll have failed in a great many categories.
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You are asking a guy how he can talk in absolutes about Iginla's production in the future, but your last sentence is an absolute statement about a future occurrence.
The Iggy ship has sailed in that he's no longer the face, the captain or the best player. What he is though is a player who scored 29 goals this year at age 37. At 40, he may be scoring 10 to 20 goals, which any team would want on a one year deal. His veteran experience is something any GM would want in a playoff run. To say the GM fails if he brings Iginla in can't be proved until the experiment happens. My money is that if Iggy comes back, it will be positive experiment.
When they sign him, they tell him this is how we will use you, and this is how we expect you to play. If you don't like it, don't sign. If you are onboard with these expectations, then we sign you. Simple. He's not going to come in an rewrite the team culture. He is going to be the peripheral player, but a special peripheral player given his Hall of Fame career and connection with Calgary.