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Originally Posted by New Era
No, the third does not nullify the first two. There is still going to be pressure to get Iginla his cup, regardless of who has played with him. That is more of a distraction than it is a motivator IMO. Instead of talking about the game the players are going to be getting fed nothing but questions about Iginla this, and Iginla that. As a player I want the discussion to be on the job my team is doing, not how we are or aren't carrying some come-lately player to a glory he couldn't find during his career. At a time you want all your players pulling in the same direction and playing for each other, I think it would not be positive to introduce that particular dynamic to the dressing room. Because there are so few players left that played with Iginla he is going to be viewed as an outsider and not a guy the players will automatically play for. I wouldn't welcome that disruption to my team. Not when I had worked all year to get everyone playing for each other.
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Yeah, I still don't buy it. It seems to me that you are just grasping at whatever point you can concoct to validate your opinion that trading for Iginla would be a distraction. If the bolded part were true, then it would hold for virtually every NHL team, no? And as such, I would think that every NHL player ever acquired at the deadline would prove to be a detriment and not a positive contributor to a team's playoff success.
I suppose Iginla
could turn out to be a distraction, but I don't think that is terribly catastrophic, since he will simply be let go at the end of the season and the Flames will move on. But if there is a chance that he becomes a rallying point for this team that produces even added excitement for the fans, then I am all for it.