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Originally Posted by TheScorpion
Lots of revisionist history this week. First about Jokinen, and now Iginla?
Jarome was a terrific leader who was respected by the vast majority of his teammates. It's only headline-spinning reporters and unintelligent Avalanche fans who truly dislike him. He's one of the greatest of all time, regardless of what the NHL says.
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I love Iginla, just like probably 99% of all Flames fans. Easily my favourite player ever, the greatest Flame and the best hockey player that ever laced up for this franchise. But in saying that, there's been too much smoke over the years for me to ignore that comment. I think as a hockey player, a member of our community, and a person his legacy is pretty well cemented.
But in terms of the rumblings of dissent in the locker room over the years, whether it was the Iginla faction vs. the Regher faction during the prime years of that team, the impact of his very noticeable inconsistent two way play as he got older, to even the fact that only Cammy and Tanguay showed up to his trade press conference, it makes me think there's probably truth in those stories. Even all these years later that last point still bugs me. If Yzerman or Sakic ever got traded, I can't imagine that press conference wouldn't be full of their teammates. I think that says something of how the players were feeling at that point.
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Unless it was ####ing Eric Francis who said it, then disregard all the above.