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Old 09-19-2016, 01:42 AM   #1871
Young_Guns
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Originally Posted by TheScorpion View Post
In the mid-2000s, Jarome Iginla was in the conversation as the best player in the world. He was definitely worth what would be $13m today then.
Yep, also take into account it was a clutching and grabbing league. If I recall correctly, Gretzky praised Iginla quite a bit for the same reasons (around the time of the 02 Olympics I think). Of course, he also played without a true #1 C his entire career as a Flame.
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