Whole lot of psychoanalyzing and tea leaf reading by people to justify not picking Iginla.
His longevity, on ice success, community presence, and general demeanor are all time great. And for every player who has made a vague statement about the dressing room in his last couple of years, there have been 10 players who have come out and explicitly and repeatedly heaped praise on him as the Flames captain.
Love Giordano, and love what the team did last year, but that's just over 1 season of elite play from him, and 1 playoff season. Way too early to elevate him over Iginla.
Recency bias running rampant.
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