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Originally Posted by Torrie the Whaler
I believe you did not watch the team sputtering almost appearing rudderless the last year he was here. I think you are right to point out he was not the only one to be blamed but as captain it is your responsibility to help the team in what ever way you could to at least have an appearance of work ethic that was noticeably missing from the team, during the last couple of years he was here. Amazingly after he was gone the work ethic magically reappeared. I am sorry but that should be enough proof something was a miss. Maybe the captains c should have been at least taken away but then his legacy would have been forever tainted.
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If i'm not mistaken Iginla was usually one of the fittest if not the fittest players in training camp each season. The problem during Iginla's tenure wasn't his work ethic it was mindset of the team that counted on him to do everything.No one player can do it all and the players we got to support him were players weren't players who could take some of the roles away from him. Tanguay and Huselius main role was to pass the puck. Even Jokinen wasn't a player to take over some of the offensive duties. Iginla was counted on scoring goals for the team, being physical, which included getting into fights to protect himself, and captain the team. He had to cheat a bit on the defensive side of the game because without him the team struggle to win. He wasn't cheating because he had no work ethic it was because he knew he would be counted on to use his strengths in the offensive zone.
The team's ethic didn't appear because Iginla left. It appeared because many of the players at the time only had work ethic to their name. This team didn't turn around because Iginla left it turned around because of Giordano, Brodie, Gaudreau and Monahan helped create a balanced team. With Iginla the team was built to be carried by one guy. Now we are building a team with a more balanced approach.