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Originally Posted by MarkGio
No I'm not. Neither had a very successful career before or after centring Iginla. I think your underrating what I would consider one of the most dominant and best all-around wingers of his generation. Iginla and Kipper in their prime took basically a team of plugs to the SCF. They had one rookie All-Star defenseman and a great shutdown defensemen helping them, and a great coach in Daryl Sutter. Who else from that team really had a good career afterwards?
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I love Iginla, but the myth of 2004 squad being trash is a myth. Beyond the best RW, the best G and elite top pairing they still had solid players. Gelinas surely had a solid career with Cup ring, deep runs and 30 goals season to his name. Lydman went on two runs to ECF, leading the Sabres in TOI in one of them. Conroy was widely regarded as excellent defensive center and was nominated for Selke twice. Warrener went to the Cup finals twice before 2004 run. Chris Simon scored 29 goals once in the "old" NHL and Chris Clark scored 30 in the "new" one. Reinprecht, though injured in playoffs, won the cup in top-six role with Avs. Hell, even 'doors went on to have a solid careers. It was a really deep team. And they had some amazing speed throughout the whole line-up. And yes, Iginla was great.