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Originally Posted by Locke
See, and this is my thinking as well.
I know the return for Iginla was less than stellar, but the concept of moving him was addition by subtraction.
Nothing against Iginla the player, or the leader or the person, but as I've stated a number of times, he became bigger than the team, almost bigger than the club and other people (Giordano) werent engaging to their capacity because it was 'Iggy's team.'
So yeah, there would have to be dressing room concerns.
Further, I dont begrudge anyone their fantasy of bringing him back for a Playoff run, who wouldnt love to see that?
And as a Wild Card I think 'Regular Season Iginla' and 'Playoffs Iginla' are two entirely different beasts.
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This is why I am keeping an open mind on the idea - an April Iggy is a completely different beast than a November Iggy at this point in his career.
Also, if the Flames were to happen to meet up with the no goods, a matchup of Iggy and Lucic would be interesting. It might be a very effective way to neutralize Lucic.