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Originally Posted by KootenayFlamesFan
You can't bring in possibly the face of the franchise's history and a former longtime captain and pretend nothing will change or that it wouldn't change the dynamic of the team, especially in the dressing room. That's a big elephant in the room. Love the guy, had an awesome career in Calgary, but that ship has long sailed. This team is finally on the right track, let's not bring back sentimental favorites for the heck of it. Let's continue on the path we're on.
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No one's pretending that bringing back Iginla would have 0 effect on the dressing room. What I'm protesting is this apparent percieved stigma of bringing him back being some kinda automatic cancer on the dressing room.
Maybe there were issues with the dressing room when he was still captain, but it's years now and the entire room is different. Calgary's group is tight knit enough that someone not being on board would be pretty much an outsider anyway, and it would get kicked up all the way to Treliving.
I won't go over the "for the heck of it" part since I've discussed it from a business perspective already. But if Flames are seriously considering bringing him back to improve the team, then they'd all have a discussion with Hartley, Gio + assistants first before contract talks even start.