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Originally Posted by Resolute 14
Is this just yet another "lets crap on Iginla because we can" post? Have you actually looked at the centres we had over that time? Conroy got so much time because he was the best of what we had and because Iginla carried him to a couple very good seasons. Daymond Langkow was a damn good centre in his own right (two 30 goal seasons while here), but by that time the "we need a centre for Iginla" refrain was so entrenched that only a superstar name would have satisfied that itch - even if that player managed no better than Langkow.
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The "Iggy is tough to play with" argument is tough to shake for two reasons (though no less untrue), and Jokinen is one of them. Jokinen was the only guy the Flames ever acquired who was a bonafide #1C prior to arriving. Langkow was a good player who had some excellent years with us. Conroy is the same player, maybe a little better.
More than anyone I blame Crosby for Iggy being 'hard to play against'. Golden goal aside, a 32-year old Iggy and Sid at the Olympics didn't come close to meeting people's expectations. In Pittsburgh, the magic never materialised despite good stats and a trip to the conference finals.
If anyone should be getting #### on in this thread for being hard to play with, it's Sid. Dude seems incapable of playing at a 100-point pace with other 100-point players. He needs his linemates to come to the rink on a short bus.