No. Not just no, but #### no. Iginla doesn't supplant ANYONE on this roster. Iginla doesn't improve this roster in any way. Iginla is NOT going to be an improvement on Brouwer or Chaisson. Both those guys are cast in roles to play in the dirty spaces and score ugly goals/points. Iginla doesn't play that game anymore. He hasn't played that game in over a decade. He would not be capable of playing that role and would not fit in the system.
Iginla has also turned into a PP specialist. He has turned into a half wall player, which is not very useful to the Flames. If you think Iginla is coming in to take that job, then you're taking Johnny Hockey off the ice. Again, Iginla just doesn't fit into the system. He doesn't have the speed, he doesn't have the skill, and he doesn't play the type of game this team wants to ice. Iginla is a terrible fit.
Frankly, the team that best suits Iginla is the Oilers. They play a very loose system where he might actually flourish. Plus, every goal he's costs them, and he's more of a liability out there than anyone here wants to admit, they have McJesus to throw out there and hope he can get the goal right back. I kind of hope that is where Iginla ends up, because he will be a hindrance to them winning and it may finally put and end to all of these asinine demands to bring Iginla back.
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