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Originally Posted by Bingo
No I'm not
I'm saying he went through a wall at the beginning of his career, and then from many reports started cutting corners in the last half.
Is that somewhat normal? Possibly.
But if I'm picking best captain in team history I'm not looking for the guy that let up.
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I still think that's looking at the team as a whole and extrapolating it to fall on him personally based on things we have no way of being privy to. It seems too convenient to look at that poorly constructed, aging team and conclude it was due in part to Iginla's leadership faltering in the last few years.
Additionally, with just two years to judge Gio (as great as he's been) I think it's really disingenuous to look at two seasons where the team has been on a dramatic upswing as a whole and use that as a trump card over Iginla's whole tenure as a Flame.
In 06/07, Iggy would have looked like one of the greatest Captains ever.
Too small a sample size for Gio in my opinion.