I always liked him.
I completely hated all Calgary media that day that he was brought back, and they snickered. They couldn't see what Darryl saw - sure, Jokinen and Iginla didn't gel in the way it was hoped, but Jokinen made a lot of room for Iginla. After the trade, Iginla was double-teamed and zeroed-in on.
At any rate, like him or not, he bought into Brent Sutter's idea of changing his game completely around, and did what was asked of him. Good character to boot.
Who doesn't smile when they remember: "Does your cat do singing?"
Wish him the best of luck in retirement.
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