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Originally Posted by CroFlames
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.
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But he cant be those things. You cant have a guy scoring 20 goals (for arguments sake) on the 3rd or 4th line.
He has to play top 6 minutes in order to produce anything and as such you are giving him those minutes rather than making him earn them. You cant throw him on the bottom 6 and expect him to contribute in any meaningful capacity and by giving him those minutes and having him in the dressing room you're changing the dynamic.
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Originally Posted by CroFlames
I would argue it's not for the heck of it. I'd bring him back for the 10 or 20 goals he's likely to pot, and for the young guys he will most likely stick up for and protect in scrums around the net. He'll bring grit, PP specialist, and leadership, much like Malholtra was brought in as a specialist for the Canucks' run.
I think that Iggy has been in the business long enough to know that things can never be the same twice. If he signs, it will be just as though another vet has signed on for a playoff run. It will have special meaning for the fans, but not the players. This is Gio's team, and Iggy would respect that and the young players of today won't magically abandon Gio and his leadership and become Iggy followers.
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See my points above. In Calgary he wouldnt be just another vet signing up for a run. And if its 5-10 goals you want he cant be on the 3rd or 4th line. So now you've handed a prime spot to a vet in place of someone earning it.
Darryl? Is that you?