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Originally Posted by Igottago
Chemistry with Iginla aside, if Jokinen was that good of a #1 centre he would've found a way to produce. Jokinen was an ok centre, but certainly not a player that helped elevate the Flames in any meaningful way.
What the Flames needed was another player of Iginla's caliber. A gamebreaking player in his own right. There was hope that Jokinen could be that player, but he simply wasn't.
Again, I don't see how that's Iginla's fault. There's no real excuses for Jokinen, after a few great seasons in Florida he just wasn't that good, anywhere.
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I agree, Jokinen just wasn't that good in Calgary.
I thought by the end he had been moulded into a good two-way player that (along with Glencross) ate a lot of tough matchups for the Flames.
If what Jokinen and Sutter have now said is true, I wonder how much more effective he could have been if there wasn't substantial problems in the dressing room.