The things that Jarome Iginla did when he figured the NHL out between 2001-2013 in Calgary will forever mean more to me than any player ever. I love Gretzky, Theo, Lindros, Neuiwendyk, Crosby, Johnny, Gio among many others. But no one will ever touch Jarome. Classy off the ice, a good man, what he did on the ice. He could pass and score. He could lead by example, but the one thing that sticks with me forever is example A: Flames Sharks 2011 ish. Ryan Clowe is running around like a jack ass doing Ryan Clowe things. Jarome is older now, he may not be as much of a threat. But the fire he had, when someone needed to step in, it was him. He won that fight and I am pretty sure the Flames won that game.
Argue all you want about generational talent etc, he was rare and there will never be another player like him. He was under appreciated by us at times (especially early on and later in career ) and was under appreciated at a league level.Just read what Sheldon Souray said about Jarome on his retirement letter. Thats all you ever need to hear to know how special of a player he was and how rare.
We are lucky to have Gio who watched Jarome. He models alot of ehat he does after Jaromes mould. But even he cant do what Iggy did.
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